July 23, 2018, 6:09 am
A “tragic error” resulted in a
baby bird of prey dying while a wildlife charity attempted to tag it.
RSPB staff were trying to attach
a tag to an osprey chick near Huntly, to track its movements throughout its
life, when the bird fell from the top of its tree and died.
The organisation has now released
a statement explaining the accident and pledging to learn from the mistake.
The message, posted on the RSPB’s
website, stated: “We are extremely sad to report an unfortunate accident that
occurred recently when two members of staff were ringing an osprey chick in the
Huntly area of Aberdeenshire.
“A tragic error at the top of the
tree led to a chick falling to the ground from the nest, resulting in the death
of the bird.”
The RSPB statement added that the
incident was only the second of its kind to take place in more than 50 years of
ringing osprey chicks across Scotland.
The message also stressed that
the three staff members involved were all “highly experienced” and were
following strict protocol as ordered by the British Trust for Ornithology
(BTO).
It added: “This heartbreaking
accident has left everyone involved distraught and upset by the loss of this
chick.
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