Friday, 22 January 2021

The Eagles Are Landing

Ten years after worried outdoor pig farmers blocked a proposal to reintroduce the White-tailed eagle to Norfolk, the scheme has received backing from more than 20 landowners in the area (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jan/22/farmers-back-plan-to-reintroduce-white-tailed-eagle-to-norfolk). The site chosen is coastal, as the White-tailed eagle is the UK's biggest bird of prey (it has been reintroduced elsewhere), and largely feeds on fish (rather than piglets). Its proposed home also has reintroduced beavers.

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Birder's Bonus 241

Noted a Curlew ( Numenius arquata ) on the Loughor estuary at Bynea.