“Scientists say they have ruled out malfunctioning tags and wind farms as possible causes for the eagles vanishing.” It didn’t explain how they came to that conclusion. So we contacted the journalist who said:
“Hello – if you click on the link in the page, the word “report” .., it’s the Scottish National Heritage 2017 study in to satellite tracked golden eagles.”
That’s 3 years out of date and many more wind farms have been built since then. The Report SNH Report also says Contributing factors analysed include: the impact of wind farms.
8.1 We emphasise, however, that not all areas managed for driven shooting of grouse could have been involved in the suspicious disappearance of many birds, tags and their transmissions.
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