Officers found that a pair of cyclists had ignored notices not to ride on the land – which is legally protected as a Site of Special Scientific Interest and a Scheduled Ancient Monument.

The RSPB have released video footage of the moment a man abseiled down a quarry face to steal peregrine falcon eggs after a prosecution did not proceed.

High-tech surveillance units are being introduced at remote locations in Derbyshire to prevent raids on peregrine falcon nests.

Officers from Killamarsh SNT and Derbyshire’s Rural Crime Team were also called to assist after it was reported that between four and five motorbikes were ripping up the grass on Hillside Drive, Mastin Moor.

The Derbyshire Rural Crime Team are currently investigating an incident where a cat was caught in a Fenn trap near Kirk Hallam Lake, Ilkeston.

A boulder was "deliberately thrown" off the edge of a well-known cliff face in the Peak District causing a climber to be injured, a mountain rescue team said.

The Derbyshire Rural Crime Team said on Facebook: "Shooting any animal with an arrow is illegal and, in this case, downright cruel.

PC Emerson Buckingham of the Derbyshire Rural Crime Team led the investigation, alongside the National Wildlife Crime Unit and UK Border Force.

Residents and farmers have expressed their concerns about off-road bikers who are damaging crops and riding dangerously in North Derbyshire.

Derbyshire Police Rural Crime Team is reminding those who walk their dogs near farmers’ fields to keep their dogs under control at all times following a spate of livestock incidents. Livestock worrying is increasingly common, especially in the summer months, as dog owners look to take their pets further afield.