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Old 17-09-2008, 09:18 PM
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Re: Crofters blame eagles for rise in lamb losses

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Originally Posted by seamusagleann View Post
at the end of last season the sea eagles nest on my beat was sent for analysis . it revealed that most of the remains were in fact geese and several dogfish, but only two lamb carcasses were identifyed.
...and I understand from an RSPB source that analysis of the remains in one of last year's nests on Skye indicated that the main prey brought into that particular nest was Fulmars (100+), with apparently no lambs

Jeff
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