Pioneering conservation project which has saved the iconic bird of prey in the south of Scotland now seeking to expand.
Majestic Scottish golden eagles are set to be exported to England and Wales for the first time in decades thanks to a boom in numbers north of the border. The pioneering South of Scotland Golden Eagle Project has spent six years relocating the iconic birds of prey from the Highlands to areas of the Borders and Dumfries and Galloway .
Dr Cat Barlow, SSGEP project manager said: "We hope our next phase will be to give the eagles a hand to establish themselves in the English uplands. We have shown with the SSGEP that if you do it well and you do it right, reintroducing golden eagles can be successful. In Ireland, golden eagles were reintroduced around ten years ago and in 2018, the first chick hatched in more than a century. A separate project in Wales, Eagle Reintroduction Wales, is advancing in its plans to bring eagle chicks over from Scandinavia.
Dr Barlow added: "The delivery has been a success in the south of Scotland, but we are not quite finished yet - we need to now be able to support landowners and communities as the eagles start nesting and settling into the landscape. This will be done as part of the wider Restoring Upland Nature charity which will also be exploring opportunities to re-introduce golden eagles into England and Wales.
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