A conservation project is looking to build on its success by taking the birds into England and Wales.
A pioneering south of Scotland conservation project is setting its sights on re-introducing golden eagles into England and Wales.
Dr Cat Barlow, project manager with the South of Scotland Golden Eagle Project , said: "We hope our next phase will be to give the eagles a hand to establish themselves in the English uplands."Dr Cat Barlow after the South of Scotland Golden Eagle Project was named as the National Lottery's 2022 Scotland project of the year
Dr Barlow said: "We have shown with the SSGEP that if you do it well and you do it right, reintroducing golden eagles can be successful. Golden eagles were reintroduced to Ireland about a decade ago with the first chick in over a century hatching in 2018.
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