EIR/202500448842 · FOI/EIR · unclear
Peregrine Falcon Poison Reports: EIR release
Information requested
I am currently carrying out research looking at the levels of biocides and pesticides in peregrine falcons tested under the WIIS scheme in the UK. I have collected data from birds found in England, Scotland and Wales. However, when I have made enquiries relating to birds tested from Northern Ireland, I was advised that no records were kept of these tests and that this analysis was carried out in Scotland by SASA, and that should approach you for this information.
I am therefore submitting a request under the Environmental Information Regulation 2004 and the Freedom of Information Act for these final analytical reports (including the four figure grid reference if available) for the following investigations (to be sent by email):
Year Reference number Comments 2024 2024-7362A 2024 2024-7362B 2022 2022-9332A 2022 2022-9623 2021 2021-9570C 2021 2021-3840 2021 2021-9570A 2019 2021-9570B 2019 2019-11346A 2019 2019-11346B 2018 2018-13757 Data for items listed as A & B 2018 2018-16803 2017 2017-15214 2017 2017-17304 2016 2016-6108 2016 2016-7434 Data for items listed as A & B 2016 2016-19345 2015 2015-8365 2015 2015-10307 2015 2015-10312 2015 2015-10313 2015 2015-10314 2015 2015-11770 2015 2015-15909 Data for items listed as A & B 2014 2014-6369 2014 2014-1455 No record of samples from this case being tested at SASA. However, we did test samples from a falcon with reference number 2014- 14554. The formatting on the HSE website has obscured the WIIS reference number (see row 116 here) The results for that case are included in the response. 2014 2014-21060 2013 2013-18966 2013 2013-18406 2010 2010-013368 No record of samples from this case being tested at SASA.
Response
The WIIS testing relating to samples from Northern Ireland has been done by SASA on behalf of AFBI since 2013. The results are reported to AFBI in spreadsheet format. AFBI have confirmed that the data you have requested can be released to you in that format. The attached spreadsheet contains most of the information you requested. We do not have four figure grid references for any of the incidents you requested. Location (county) data, obtained from the WIIS quarterly results published on the HSE website, are included in the spreadsheet.
For three of the cases you have listed (reference numbers 2018-13757, 2016-7434, and 2015-15909), we have two sets of samples, identified as items A and B. The results from these items have also been included.
There is no record of samples from case 2014-1455 being tested at SASA. However, from the HSE website (see link above) I note that a peregrine falcon with reference number 2014-14554 was tested by SASA, on behalf of AFBI, and the results for that case are included in the response.
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