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Police are investigating the
disturbance of bird of prey nests in a forest south of Inverness.
Four buzzard nests and one
goshawk nest were found abandoned in Moy Forest at Tomatin late last month.
The adult birds have disappeared
and police said some of the sites appeared to have been deliberately disturbed
by illegal activity.
Moy Forest is managed by Forestry
Enterprise Scotland and the nests were being monitored by its staff.
'Deliberate persecution'
Insp Mike Middlehurst, a wildlife
crime officer at Police Scotland, said: "Raptor persecution is an ongoing
issue for the Highlands and we need the public to come forward and work with us
to try and eradicate this blight on the Highlands.
"Police Scotland with
partners in the Highland Partnership for Action Against Wildlife Crime has
worked to increase public confidence in reporting wildlife offences which has
resulted in increased reporting.
"In this case a partner
agency has a clearly documented history of birds being at this location."
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