BBC Radio News make a big mistake on Golden Eagles this morning. (1 Viewer)

IAN JAMES THOMPSON

Well-known member

• Aug 12, 2020

• #1

The BBC Radio 5 Live News headlines at 10.00am this morning have made a huge mistake by saying that a pair of Golden Eagle have successfully nested and had young in the Highlands of Scotland for the first time in 40 years. I googled and typed in about that news and there was 1 website with that news. But guess just as I expected when I got access into that website it’s got the words: oops error. Make of that what you can!
Ian.

 

nartreb

Speak softly and carry a long lens

• Aug 12, 2020

• #2

Sounds like the website that you found wasn't functioning. It was probably overwhelmed by a sudden increase in the number of people visiting it, after finding out the news from the BBC. Try visiting the same site again in a couple of hours, it's likely that the website operators will have fixed the problem by then.

Not sure if this is the one you found or not, but here's a website with the news:
https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/18644295.first-golden-eagle-reared-highland-site-since-1980/

Nothing at all here to indicate the BBC made any kind of mistake.

 

stuartvine

Well-known member

• Aug 13, 2020

• #3

Dundreggan estate

 

Kits

Picture Picker

Social Media Editor

• Aug 13, 2020

• #4

The BBC website has the news, Ian.

 

Deb Burhinus

Used to be well known! 😎

• Aug 13, 2020

• #5

IAN JAMES THOMPSON said:

The BBC Radio 5 Live News headlines at 10.00am this morning have made a huge mistake by saying that a pair of Golden Eagle have successfully nested and had young in the Highlands of Scotland for the first time in 40 years. .

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The news item you heard was talking about one particular Estate in the Highlands where the territory has been unoccupied for 40 years (as in the printed story) not the Highlands as a whole so maybe you misheard - but the newscaster could have made a slip up, it wouldn’t be unheard of!