April 11th 2023.
The Duke of Northumberland's estate has taken a major step towards helping the South of Scotland Golden Eagle Project by building two artificial nests, or eyries, on Burncastle Estate near the Lammermuir Hills. Conservationists are hopeful that the eyries will be used by birds that have been moved to the South of Scotland in an effort to re-establish a breeding population.
The project has already seen great success, with the local golden eagle population reaching 38 - the highest number recorded in over three centuries. Cat Barlow, the project manager, has expressed her gratitude to the Northumberland Estates for being the first to create these carefully constructed eyries.
She went on to explain that these eyries are particularly important for the birds that were first released in 2018, as they reach the age of three to four years and begin to breed. With help from estates such as Northumberland Estates, raptor experts, highly skilled climbers, and the Southern Upland Moorland Group, these new artificial platforms could potentially revive areas that were previously thought to be lost as nesting sites.
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