White Tailed Sea Eagles, IOW

Another reason in this changed world of how difficult it is to reset the ecology back to say Edwardian or Victorian times. Most usage of Rat poison is by urban councils in their effort to control the vermin within built up area Just an observation on the  findings..

Yes, Brue, that’s the spirit! Those involved in this project remain upbeat and are determined to ‘grow’ the successes already witnessed. Having read your latest link, pairs are already becoming established and are returning to their natal areas as predicted. Hopefully they will breed in the not too distant seasons. Very good news there to be had!👍

It looks like Poole Harbour will be a good place to spot them, I wonder if the Arne Reserve sees any too. Beautiful reserve to walk around. 

You are joking Fish, the Victorians where destroyers of Worldwide native wildlife then they came good with Newton🤷🏻‍♂️

What I said that in those times there were some of the lost species but at the same time far more wild places than today. Very few like us would tour the North 500 etc but   today no where in the UK is people free. Conflict then arises. I agree and have said here that it was the industrial barons, titles people who owned or aquired the land and caused the abuses. I think it was Richard 111 who ordered the killing of all wolves.

Thankfully there are still lots of wild and semi wild places in the UK and some are getting even wilder. Today the general population are far more aware and understanding of wildlife and many folk are working very hard to encourage the return of ‘lost’ species be they flora or fauna, environments and habitats.

The future is far brighter today than it’s been for decades, maybe centuries and getting brighter. Cooperation in coexistence rather than conflict is the new order. Lots of work and ‘education’ still to do mind!

I note the bit about "scavengers of the battlefield" here Fish.  LINK I expect there were a lot of reasons for putting a bounty on the heads of many types of wild creatures in the past. The article in the LINK relates to place names with "eagle" in their titles. I think Devon has a place, Yarnscombe, the valley of the Eagles. And our Viking ancestors seemed keen to slaughter a lot of Orkney Eagles. It looks like it's not always easy to sort out what type of Eagle but they certainly didn't do well in some places, over hundreds of years.

If youre lucky enough to be up in the Cairngorms this year you might see this LINK

Can't put it on the web cam thread as it's for local viewing only.

It is so short sighted by those that are trying to reintroduce species, when they are ignoring the problem of ground nesting birds like curlew and lapwings in particular. They are  being decimated despite habitat improvement beause foxes are out of control and sweeping up all chicks. There is a high probability that they will be extinct within a decade.  Are we looking at wildlife through the wrong end of the binoculars?

Perhaps your comments were meant for the re-wilding thread Fisherman as the Sea Eagles in Scotland were re-introduced in 1975 which is a considerable time ago and I don't recall that others species have been damaged during the last 47 years. Scotland does a lot of conservation work and the nearby Highland Wildlife Park in collaboration with the Royal Scottish Zoological Soc. holds species that are of interest  although not all can be released into the wild but breeding programmes can help other countries that can release them. Anyway, I'm sure you know the wilds of Scotland quite well and have been lucky enough to experience what many miss on their travels.

PS don't get me on wildcats though, I once went to a talk where we were shown a colour wheel of dead moggies collected from the road side and I thought this is an intoduction plan too far. At least one Sea Eagle recognises another.