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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tideliner" data-source="post: 1598495" data-attributes="member: 49435">I have yet to see any evidence that sea eagles ever bred in East Anglia , thus this project is a introduction not a reintroduction. The evidence that they were ever here is scanty to say the least based of some bones found in some medieval dump and the names of a couple of villages that just happen to have eagle in their name. Last time I was in Scotland a number of non birding locals were calling buzzards eagles so I do not think the mere fact that a village has eagle in its name has any bearing at all. As for the bones they could have come from wintering birds . However on the one hand I would love to see these great birds , but and its a big BUT, the risk to many conservation projects such as the reestablishment of common crane and bittern far outweighs any benefit we might have from having these birds. In this present age we are hearing more and more about disturbance becoming an issue on our coastal marshes. The disturbance a hunting pair of eagles is likely to be far more than human disturbance in many places. Finally East Anglia is ear marked to have a major increase in wind turbines. I can only quote what happened when 64 turbines were put up in a area holding sea eagles in Norway " Wind turbines have caused a number of deaths of Europe's largest eagle species, on isolated islands off the Norwegian coast. The discovery of four dead White-tailed Eagles, and the failure of almost 30 others to return to nesting sites within the wind farm area, has increased fears that wind farms elsewhere could take a similar toll on native and migrating wild birds. "Lets keep these great birds as rare winter visitors rather than treat them as tourists attractions that if they do survive they would doubtless become.</blockquote>

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