Concern is growing across Scotland as it was revealed last night that the sea eagle population has now increased to 57 territorial pairs; this is up from 52 last year, prompting calls for a cull.
Albert Hogburn of the Modern Poisoners’ Society said: “It’s ridiculous. These things have been reintroduced without a thought for the safety of our children. They swarm around schools waiting for the lunch bell when there’s easy pickings to be had in the playground. Last week I saw 48 of them hiding behind the school gate. Something’s got to be done, they’ve reached plague proportions“.
Donald Spewing-Moore of the Royal Bird Protection Society said: “That man’s talking out of his arse“.
BBC news article here
Modern Poisoners’ Society website here
Raptor Persecution UK 
Like “The Modern Poisoners Society”!…reminds me of a supposeedly funny comment to me by the Factor of a large scottish estate [in the late 1980s] when faced with the fact we’d found alpha baited eggs on his ground “we didnt have any of these fancy new chemicals in the Old Days, we just used strychnine…”…nice.
[reminder…placing poison baits in the open in Scotland has been illegal since the Protection of Animals [Scotland] Act 1912]
I live near Mull where theres around 50 pairs. They can be spottted quite easily if you know where to look but will scarper if any human comes to close to them including children. This guys obviously one of the stupidiest and misinformed people ever regarding wildlife. Makes me feel sick. It wouldnt suprise me if hes mistaking sea eagles for seagulls!
Euan click on the link to the Modern Poisoners’ Society website!!
There are NOT 50 pairs on or near Mull – today’s report confirm 57 breeding pairs across the whole of Scotland – Mull has approx 10 breeding pairs – Skye has a similar number.
There are so many near Oban that they are having to close the primary schools and send the children that are left to Glasgow!
Yes, with so many children about it’s having an effect on the feeding habits of the Sea Eagles, they used to rely on small dogs and cats but they are not so easy to catch. I don’t know what they will find to feed on when all the children have gone ???
Oh They could catch old age pensioners who are slow moving and sometimes sitting targets. They might be a bit tough but I ‘m sure the Eagles could adapt to this. The Eagles might have to use teamwork to lift the Pensioners away to there nest sites. Wonder if they could be trained to do the same to Country Estate Owners or Members of the Modern Poisoners Society???? Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all.
I had hoped that this plague of eagles would reach here in England I can think of no finer prospect that seeing such birds feasting on the tweed suited country folk especially those spokespersons of the CA.
Here in Germany we now have about 700 pairs (2011). Imagine the massacre!
Honestly: I think this is an awesome success for this magnificent bird. They are also growing in Austria (about 15 pairs, they were extinct their 15 years ago) and in Hungary they are up from about 30 pairs to more than 200 today. I was at a WTSE conference in Hungary 2 month ago and it was encouraging to learn about positive trends in several countries.
See here for a summary about the conference:
http://europeanraptors.org/conservation/the-white-tailed-eagle-as-a-flagship-species-for-conservation-along-the-danube-river/
About the situation in Scotland:
It is sad that some people still tell such nonsense and even worse that at least some people believe this xxxx!
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