Nearly 120 birds fledged in County Durham, Yorkshire, Northumberland, Cumbria and Lancashire.
The highest number of rare hen harrier chicks for more than a century have fledged across the north of England.
"Despite this year's success, we clearly still have a long road to travel to see hen harrier numbers truly recover to where they would naturally be without illegal persecution - with many birds sadly still going missing," he said. They have been protected since 1954 but still face illegal persecution because they prey on red grouse chicks to feed their young, bringing them into conflict with commercial shooting estates.Since 2016, when just eight chicks fledged, there have been six successive years of increases, with 49 nests recorded in 2022, of which 34 were successful in producing chicks.
Natural England is working with the National Wildlife Crime Unit to improve how police and other organisations can work together to tackle persecution of birds of prey.
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