Chris Foote 10 hours ago
The young hen harrier's tag stopped
responding on the border of the Cairngorms National Park.
A satellite-tracked bird of prey
has vanished in the Highlands for the fifth time this year.
The young hen harrier's tag
stopped responding on the western border of the Cairngorms National Park last
month.
It follows the disappearance
of another harrier on August 3 and the loss of
three golden eagles in the nearby Monadhliath mountains.
Brian, who went missing on August
22, was last seen a few miles from Kingussie and his body has not been found.
The Royal Society for the
Protection of Birds said there was no sign of any problems with his
tracker before it went silent.
A spokeswoman for the animal
charity said: "Brian was tagged on July 4 on an estate in Perthshire
within the Cairngorms National Park.
"He fledged from the nest
and stayed close to the nest site until the beginning of August when he moved
north into southern Inverness-shire.
"Brian then spent the next
few weeks over various areas of managed grouse moor within the National Park
with frequent strong, clear transmissions from his tag providing detailed
information about his daily travels.
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