Red-dot Posted November 9, 2017 Report Share Posted November 9, 2017 http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/876275/golden-eagle-attacks-deer-on-mull-scotland-nature-once-in-a-lifetime-encounter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyefor Posted November 9, 2017 Report Share Posted November 9, 2017 Golden Eagles "reintroduced"? When were they extinct? Confused.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason_ox Posted November 9, 2017 Report Share Posted November 9, 2017 Golden eagle has always been native To the Isle of Mull. The white tail was introduced but only from the Isle of Rum in 1975. A story like this is not unusual Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red-dot Posted November 9, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2017 Golden Eagles have been taken from the West coast of Scotland and relocated in Ireland Wales and the Scottish Borders at a cost of 1.5 million and the birds are coming back as proven by tagging and tracking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uilleachan Posted November 9, 2017 Report Share Posted November 9, 2017 Not that unusual, more common is to worry deer and other animals (goats) close to an edge in the hope of a driving a few over, perhaps killing one or getting one injured enough to eventually die. Of course intentional injury could be the point behind that attack. This time of year isn't a good time to be getting a few manky eagle talon induced open wounds about the head, if you're a deer on the open hill that could kill in a few weeks so handy for the eagle, it just needs to keep tabs until it keels over enough to have a peck at. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lloyd90 Posted November 9, 2017 Report Share Posted November 9, 2017 3 hours ago, Red-dot said: Golden Eagles have been taken from the West coast of Scotland and relocated in Ireland Wales and the Scottish Borders at a cost of 1.5 million and the birds are coming back as proven by tagging and tracking. Hi mate, do you mean thair numbers are coming up in the areas they were introduced? Or they’re just flying back to the area they were originally from? ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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