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[Paul Longland]

That's terrible, any action being taken?
Thanks for all the info everyone, very helpful!

J

A lot of huffing and puffing but unfortunately despite overwhelming circumstantial evidence without a body/witness nothing can be proved, It is a total disgrace and questions are being asked in the Scottish parliament but "insufficient evidence" precludes a prosecution despite the fact that it is obvious to everyone what is going on.

Still, I have seen Goldies here for the past three years so do not give up hope. Probably still the best bet in the region

 

[mjh73]

Re ranger walks on Cairngorm.
There appear to be two options - four hours Coire An T-Sneachda or 2 hours Coire Cas Loop?
Has anyone done either of these walks and able to offer thoughts on whether the four hour work is worth the extra effort?

 

[Vipers]

Used to be, sadly. In the last few years, massive raptor persecution on the nearby Moy estate has wrecked much of the area's interest. 12 radio-tagged eagles alone have 'gone missing' there in the last 7 years; anyones' guess how many more untagged birds. And many more killed illegally on other grouse shooting estates in the Findhorn area too.

https://raptorpersecutionscotland.w...n-eagle-disappears-on-a-scottish-grouse-moor/

Dis-spite this the Findhorn valley is still a good place to see Golden Eagles. Last year on a walk along the valley we had 5 sighting of at least 3 individuals and the year before we had 4 Eagles in the air at the same time.