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A recent picture of a dead lamb being carried by a White tailed Eagle has really got the press going but most of the lines of their stories seem to be lost in a Victorian storybook about monsters and evil when the truth out there is quite amazing.
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WHITE-TAILED EAGLE, Latvia live webcam above.
To activate the feed to the live webcam in Latvia, click on the red diamond in the centre of the image.
First egg laid today 24-03-2018 by Latvian pair of White-tailed Eagles. Female stands sentinel on nest.
Estonia, live webcam […]
We reported previously on the Sea Eagle Management Plan in Scotland and this is the latest update.
Instead of protecting the nests of the Sea-Eagle, Scottish Natural Heritage are issuing licenses to cut nesting trees down to prevent breeding taking place.
We understand that in Argyll, Forestry Commission Scotland felled […]
Crackdown comes amid concerns about illegal persecution of birds of prey shot, poisoned or trapped by gamekeepers and farmers in Scotland. Stricter legal controls may be imposed on estates after revelations that at least 779 protected birds have been illegally killed over a 20-year period in Scotland
Photograph: Murdo Macleod/the […]
Image copyright RSPB Scotland
A golden eagle that was found poisoned in Sutherland in 2010
A 20-year review of the illegal killing of birds of prey in Scotland shows 779 raptors died between 1994 and 2014, according to RSPB Scotland.
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The poisoned White-tailed eagle found poisoned on the Danube
At noon on a Thursday in February, the musician Andrei Dinescu was walking on the banks of Danube near Cetate in Southern Romania when he came across a huge raptor. The beautiful bird was alive but helpless, visibly suffering cramps and spasms […]
The attached video shows a white-bellied sea eagle picking up the camera and its subsequent journey was released by wildlife rangers in Western Australia’s Kimberly region. The bird’s flapping wings can be followed as it grabs the device and takes off. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJCedFwrVqk&list=TLW-Q7F9WNNqkxEow0nJd2SYWCs2OPYnI5#t=3
It eventually lands and is later seen poking its face into the […]
Today RSPB Scotland released its persecution report documenting known and suspected incidents of illegal raptor killing in Scotland throughout 2012. Although the 2012 report shows raptor persecution incidents were down when compared to past years, many who deal with raptors and their on-going protection are convinced the persecutors are becoming much more proficient at concealing […]
For the first time in almost two centuries a pair of White-tailed eagles have bred in the east of mainland Scotland.
Conservationists confirmed today (20 August) that a pair released in 2009 as part of a successful reintroduction project, have raised one chick in a Forestry Commission Scotland wood in Fife.
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The Scottish Government today announce new proposals to tackle wildlife criminals who are continuing to persecute some of Scotland’s most iconic birds of prey including the golden eagle and the sea eagle. The new measures include restricting the use of licences to trap and shoot wild birds on land where raptors are suspected […]
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Persecution Reports If anyone has any information about the illegal persecution of raptors, either in the UK or abroad, PLEASE forward details immediately to Raptor Politics via our confidential “contact us” link.
If you read in the national or your local press of any persecution incidents, please send this information to Raptor Politics immediately. Thank you.
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