RSPB Scotland are appealing for information after a protected, satellite-tagged hen harrier in the Angus Glens suddenly vanished.
A wildlife probe has been launched after the “suspicious disappearance” of a rare bird of prey in an area notorious for shooting estates.
A large area of the Angus Glens is intensively managed for grouse shooting and is a notorious raptor persecution hotspot, with multiple confirmed incidents of poisoning, shooting and illegal trapping stretching back over the last 20 years. The Mar Lodge Estate, near Braemar, is an important area for breeding hen harriers, with 32 of the birds successfully fledged from nests on the estate last year, of which four were fitted with satellite-tags by RSPB.
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