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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Farnboro John" data-source="post: 3487429" data-attributes="member: 36432">Restrictions are put in place during the breeding season on e.g. vulnerable Peregrine breeding cliffs. In addition it is worth remembering that climbers use their skills and equipment to assist in nest monitoring and ringing schemes, so there is a real conservation benefit in maintaining goodwill between the parties.The Lake District as already mentioned has not in the last couple of hundred years had a population of Golden Eagles, and there are more serious threats to be dealt with than walkers before a return in any strength becomes likely.Making enemies of potential conservation allies - and those who venture to the tops habitually are generally people with a love of wild places and the wildlife in them - is plain stupidity. The example of the Riggindale eagles points the way forward for maintaining a balance when it eventually comes to it. In the meantime lets keep the eye on the ball.John</blockquote>