sea eagle and habitat management measures. It will have representatives from the NFUS, SNH, Scottish Crofting Federation, RSPB Scotland and the Scottish government. And new local stakeholder ...

There are now known to be about 130 breeding pairs of sea eagles in Scotland, from hotspots such as Skye and Mull across to the mainland. It is estimated this could rise to at least 500 pairs by 2040.

Farmers in Scotland will use laser beams to stop sea eagles attacking their flocks in a new trial.. Growing concerns about eagles preying on lambs have led Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) to seek ...

The return of sea eagles, which became extinct in Scotland in 1917, has been fiercely debated in rural communities. Birds from Norway were released on Rum and in Wester Ross on the west coast from ...

Today, Mull and the neighboring island of Skye have become the birds’ strongholds along the country’s west coast, sheltering almost two-thirds of the Scottish sea eagle population of 45 ...

News; Scottish News; Wildlife; Footage shows sea eagle snatch baby lamb in front of distraught Scots farmer The species have been reintroduced to Scotland over the past 60 years and are also known ...

It has been widely reported the sea eagles, which were reintroduced to the west coast in the 1970s, will prey on lambs. Otherwise known as white-tailed eagles, they are the UK's largest birds of ...

The Scottish Government has also confirmed it will provide NatureScot with an additional £534,000 for the 2025-26 Sea Eagle Management Scheme, taking the total to £970,000. New applicants and those ...

In 1975 John Love, a young Nature Conservancy Council (now Scottish Natural Heritage) officer, received four eight-week-old sea eagle chicks, the first sea eagles in Britain for nearly a century.

Livestock farmers and crofters affected by sea eagle predation are set to receive additional support through the Scottish government’s Sea Eagle Management Scheme (Sems). White-tailed eagles ...

An action plan could be in place by 2017 to manage white tailed sea eagles and the birds' impact on ... Move towards Scottish sea eagle management. Published. 27 September 2014. Share. close panel ...

Potential methods to deter Scotland's growing sea eagle population from stealing lambs are being trialled. After being hunted to extinction, the sea eagle was reintroduced to the west coast of ...