Artificial eyries raise hopes of golden eagles breeding in southern Scotland
by Patrick Barkham from Environment | The Guardian on (#6ANW4)
Nests placed close to where three young birds have been spotted with intention of encouraging them to reproduce
Two artificial eyries have been placed high in the trees on a private estate in southern Scotland to encourage translocated golden eagles to breed in the region.
Expert climbers erected the huge nests in hard-to-reach locations on the Duke of Northumberland's Burncastle estate, close to where three young satellite-tagged golden eagles have been spotted.
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