As regular CFZ-watchers will know, for some time Corinna has been doing a column for Animals & Men and a regular segment on On The Track... particularly about out-of-place birds and rare vagrants. There seem to be more and more bird stories from all over the world hitting the news these days so, to make room for them all - and to give them all equal and worthy coverage - she has set up this new blog to cover all things feathery and Fortean.

Wednesday, 6 November 2013

Golden eagle voted 'Scotland's favourite' wild animal

The golden eagle has topped the vote in a campaign to find Scotland's favourite wild animal.

The bird of prey was competing against the red deer, red squirrel, harbour seal and otter.

The campaign was run jointly by Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) and VisitScotland as part of the Year of Natural Scotland 2013 celebrations.

Thousands of votes were recorded online following the campaign launch in spring this year. Voting closed on Thursday.

The golden eagle received 4,773 of the 12,417 votes cast. The red squirrel was second with 2,523, the red deer 1,819, otter 1,794 and harbour seal 725.

Other animals received 783 votes, with the top three being wildcat, pine marten and puffin.

Environment Minister Paul Wheelhouse said: "While we can be enormously proud of all our native wildlife, it is fitting that the magnificent golden eagle has topped this poll of Scotland's Big 5 species.

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