Should I let someone on to my land to "rescue" a buzzard?

Ethics, not medicine; it would be interesting to get an opinion from someone in the business. A hawk (probably a buzzard) started spending a lot of time in the local cemetery last week (in Norfolk). We're next door, and have a large garden with some woodland. It's here frequently; it spent last night (during the storm) by our front door, out of the wind. It flies occasionally, at low level, and seems to fly well enough; I can't see any obvious wing asymmetery. The local Facebook chatter is that it's injured, and lots of people have been taking pictures in the cemetry. Today I found a lady from a local rescue organisation in the garden. She said that it was in our woodshed, and she'd like to catch it (to help it or put it down). She thinks it's injured, possibly from an electric pylon. We had a chat and I asked her not to; she left. So that's the problem - it's a wild animal, and my view is that we already interfere too much. It's mobile, and can probably look after itself. I don't mind leaving food out occasionally (I haven't), but I would need some convincing that it should be "rescued". Thoughts?

Hello - thank you for this excellent question.  I consulted the RSPB website, which concurred with my own thoughts; that inexperienced handling of birds of prey is difficult and dangerous for both the handler and the bird.  There are laws in place regarding interference with certain species, which has led to the increase in the recovery of numbers of buzzards in the UK.  (https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1981/69/section/1) Furthermore, most members of the public don't have the facilities to transport a bird safey.  Many vet surgeries reek of natural predators such as cats and are not really kitted out for such patients arriving on spec.  We would strongly reccommend contacting Raptor Rescue, the RSPB, local zoos or the RSPCA (SSPCA) and asking for the bird to be assessed, caught and transported professionally, in order to give them the best chance of survival and be sure of acting within the law.  If organisations such as these ask for access to your land, I would highly reccommend giving it to them.  Now:  on to the ethical element to your question - shouldn't we let nature be?  Well, human beings have not 'let nature be' for centuries.  Humans have completely changed the landscape over the past few hundred years.  The big picture has involved the introduction of roads, pesticides, pylons (massive flight hazards) and pain-killers (causing renal failure to predator birds via carcasses / prey).  Hundreds are birds are hit by cars and killed outright every year.  Yet, when we have the opportunity to help an injured induvidual, so many humans are happy to use 'mustn't interfere with nature' as an excuse.  I personally find this hypocritical.  Our landscape hasn't been natural for centuries - moorland, for example, is not natural - and that is of human making.  If we can interfere to help to give birds of prey a better chance of survival in a world that we have made difficult for them, I firmly beleive that we should.

In answer to your question then, I think it depends on who the 'someone' is and whether they have a degree of experience / expert advisors.