Over a 12-year period, 41 out of
131 tagged golden eagles have disappeared in the Highlands.
ILONA AMOS
Published: 06:00 Wednesday 14
March 2018
Fears have been raised over the
fate of another of Scotland’s protected golden eagles after its satellite tag
ceased transmitting in a “black hole” in the Highlands. Conservationists have
expressed concern for the young male bird, whose whereabouts has been unknown
since communications were lost in December. They fear the two-year-old could
have been illegally killed as his last recorded location was in the northern
Monadhliath mountains in Inverness-shire, an area where a number of other birds
have vanished over the past seven years. Data from the transmitter showed he
had been living in upland region north of Tomatin since early last year.
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