Making a return to old habitats

Donal Hickey reports on the fate of the golden eagle in Ireland and Scotland

THE poisoning of eagles is a problem not confined to this country: the use of illegal poisons is one of the main reasons behind a decline in protected golden eagles in Scotland.

Scotland has a much bigger population of golden eagles than we have and is also the source of eaglets for a programme to reintroduce the magnificent bird of prey to Glenveagh National Park, in Co Donegal.