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Osprey makes record-breaking migration journey
After surviving Scotland’s soggy summer, a young osprey may have flown into the history books by making a record-breaking journey to sunnier climes. In just two weeks, ‘Alba’ left her natal home at...
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GOLDEN EAGLE FOUND STARVING AND SEVERELY INJURED AFTER BEING SHOT
The Scottish SPCA was alerted on Saturday after a member of the public discovered the injured bird in north-east Dumfries and Galloway, adjacent to the Southern Upland Way. The golden eagle is now...
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FWN Test Out New Eco-friendly Electric Bikes.
On Sunday Colin and myself took a trip up to Ashfield near Dunblane to test out our new Cyclamatic E-bikes which we are using to bring you news stories and videos of the local wildlife around Central...
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Sharp drop in Scottish bird poisoning cases follows new crime legislation
New wildlife crime legislation targeting landowners is being linked with a sharp drop in the numbers of birds of prey poisoned in Scotland. But the RSPB warned that there were still concerns birds...
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SCOTTISH SPCA REPORTS HUGE RISE IN CYGNET RESCUES
The Scottish SPCA has reported a 100% rise in the number of sick, injured and orphaned cygnets coming into its care. The animal charity said it was currently caring for 43 mute swan cygnets, double the...
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Concern as Inversnaid Feral Goat Cull Resumes
RSPB Scotland has resumed a controversial cull of feral goats on the eastern shore of Loch Lomond. The environmental organisation is facing criticism from local people, who fear the cull could wipe out...
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GOLDEN EAGLE KILLED BY A TRAP
BBC NEWS ARE REPORTING THAT A GOLDEN EAGLE ‘WAS KILLED BY A TRAP’ A golden eagle suffered a lingering death after its legs were broken by a trap, RSPB Scotland has said. The bird had been fitted with a...
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BIRD POISONING TOLL ‘DEPRESSING’
Scotland has renewed its call for landowners and their staff in some parts of Scotland to do more to protect raptors from being killed illegally. Director Stuart Housden said “intolerance” had been...
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BIRD TRAPS ‘POSE RISK TO RAPTORS’
Birds of prey in Scotland will be at risk of injury or death because of a decision to allow the use of so-called “clam traps”, according to campaigners. RSPB Scotland and the Scottish SPCA are among...
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SEA EAGLE NEST DESTROYED ON SCOTTISH ESTATE
Police are investigating allegations that an eagle’s nest was destroyed in Angus, the BBC has learned. Conservationists said it was the first nest made by white-tailed eagles in the east of Scotland in...
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