White-tailed Eagles in the Media 2014

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176.Eagle “Ramona” will soon be released to the wild. Norway, September 2014

Source: Fremover, 9 September 2014, by Ragnar Bøifot http://www.fremover.no/lokale_nyheter/a ... 572629.ece
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177.End of the breeding season. Latvia, September 2014

TVNet Latvia, 15 September 2014
http://www.tvnet.lv/zala_zeme/dzivnieki ... _beigusies
Dabasdati.lv http://dabasdati.lv/en/article/ar-inter ... beigusies/
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178.About 100-120 White-tailed Eagle pairs in Latvia. September 2014

Source: LSM.LV, 20 September, http://www.lsm.lv/lv/raksts/dziivnieki/ ... as.a99137/
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179.Sea eagle action plan launched to help sheep farmers. UK/Scotland, September 2014

Source: The Press and Journal, 27 September 2014. By Gemma Mackenzie https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/bu ... p-farmers/
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180.White-tailed Eagles and storks in Mecklenburg Western-Pommerania. Germany September 2014

An international white stork census takes place this year. According to the article, as one of the results it was reported that White-tailed eagles attacked a stork family in Mecklenburg Western Pommerania. Source: Güstrower Anzeiger, 20 September 2014 http://www.svz.de/lokales/guestrower-an ... 27631.html
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181.White-tailed Eagle first patient at new Latvian Wild Bird Center. September 2014

Source: Delfi Novados, 29 September 2014 http://www.delfi.lv/novados/madonas-nov ... d=45032760

The Wild Bird Center is the first raptor care and rehabilitation station in the country. According to ornithologist Uģis Bergmanis, the place will become no “retirement home” but is dedicated to the rehabilitation and release of injured and orphaned wild birds. (See doc. 171)
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182.Five star rating for eagle project. UK/Scotland, September 2014

The Mull Eagle Watch project has scooped the prestigious five star wildlife experience award from VisitScotland.
Source: The Press and Journal, 30 September 2014, by Jane Candlish https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/ne ... e-project/
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183.Winged Warnings: Built for Survival, Birds in Trouble From Pole to Pole. September 2014

According to Cynthia de Wit, Swedish ornithologists try “to figure out why white-tailed sea eagles on the coast of the Baltic Sea are again experiencing thin shells and deformed embryos. “It’s very alarming; we really don’t know why,” she said, adding that it’s possible that old chemicals are being “remobilized” or that new ones are having effects not yet assessed.”

Source: Truthout, 30 September 2014. By Alanna Mitchell http://truth-out.org/news/item/26514-wi ... le-to-pole
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184.World Cultural Heritage Site and wildlife under threat - Save Mount Latmos. Turkey, October 2014

"Among the endangered wildlife of the mountains special mention should be made of the wild cat (Caracal caracal), one of the five species of wild cats native in Turkey, and the white-tailed sea eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla)."

Source: Presse Anzeiger 8 October 2014/Press release by EKODOSD http://www.presseanzeiger.de/pa/Weltkul ... oht-754775
In English: change.org, petition „Save Mount Latmos“http://www.change.org/p/republic-of-tur ... unt-latmos
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185.Award-winning White-tailed Eagle pictures. Hungary, October 2014

Photographer: Máté Bence (29).
Source: BLikk.hu, 9 October 2014 http://www.blikk.hu/blikk_aktualis/ezek ... ce-2293821
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186.Pirkanmaa/Tampere Region is waiting for White-tailed Eagle breeding pairs. October 2014

As yet the birds can be observed only as winter guests.
Source: Lempäälän-Vesilahden Sanomat, 10 October 2014 http://lvs.fi/2014/10/10/kenen-maalla-p ... merikotka/

See also doc.33 viewtopic.php?f=46&t=628&start=20
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187.Wildlife crime threatens tourism, says Cairngorm boss. UK, October 2014

“A satellite-tagged white-tailed eagle disappeared in April, with the last signal from its tag coming close to North Glenbuchat in Aberdeenshire.” Near the park, 22 red kites and buzzards were found dead. 16 of these raptors “were killed by an illegal poison.”

Source: The Press and Journal, 10 October 2014. By David Kerr https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/ne ... gorm-boss/

See also doc. 82 viewtopic.php?f=46&t=628&start=80
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188.Eagles and wind energy at the German/Danish border. October 2014

Source: Nordfriesland Tageblatt, 16 October 2014 http://www.shz.de/lokales/nordfriesland ... 43686.html
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189.White-tailed Eagle released. Latvia, October 2014

Article and video about Uģis Bergmanis and the new Latvian Wild Bird Center.

Source: lsm.lv, 16 October 2014 http://www.lsm.lv/lv/raksts/dziivnieki/ ... j.a102678/

See also doc. 171/181
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190.Rare visitor near the Lek River. Netherlands, October 2014

The appearance of a White-tailed Eagle has caused excitement among bird-watchers at the floodplain meadows in the area between the cities of Utrecht and Rotterdam.

Source: deweekkrant.nl, 16/17 October 2014 http://www.deweekkrant.nl/pages.php?page=3055107
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191.Population of eagles in Russia growing. October 2014

“Thirty-eight species could be excluded from the Red Book of the Nizhny Novgorod region. (…) For example, the number of such species as the golden eagle, the osprey and the white-tailed eagle has grown from three to six times (…)” since 1996.

Source: pravda.ru, 17 October 2014 http://english.pravda.ru/news/russia/17 ... ovgorod-0/
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192.How DNA profiles can help to prevent eagle deaths from wind turbines. Norway, October 2014

Biologist Espen Lie Dahl wrote his doctoral thesis on the subject (Population dynamics in white-tailed eagle at an on-shore wind farm area in coastal Norway).

Source: abc nyheter, 18 October 2014. By Idun Haugan http://www.abcnyheter.no/nyheter/2014/1 ... liv-og-dod
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193.Another award winning White-tailed Eagle image. Finland, October 2014

Photographer: Seppo Keräsen

Source: satakunnankansa.fi, 19 October 2014 http://www.satakunnankansa.fi/Kulttuuri ... aalta.html
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194.Wildlife crimes increase across Scotland. UK, October 2014

“The Scottish Government’s second annual wildlife crime report revealed that Police Scotland recorded 319 wildlife crimes in 2012-2013, up from 307 the previous year.”

Source: Scottish Government/TheCourier. By Stefan Morkis, 21 October 2014 http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/local/ ... d-1.638690
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195.White-tailed Eagles back in West Sweden – first observation in 40 years. October 2014

Sources: Expressen, 21 October 2014. By Amanda Redin
http://www.expressen.se/gt/havsornen-ha ... stsverige/
Sveriges Radio, 21 October http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.as ... el=5996454
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