Golden Eagle
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Golden Eagle Viewing Scheme: A first for Scotland
For the first time in Scotland one of the country's most enthralling wildlife spectacles is to be included as the centrepiece of an exciting new visitor attraction, which opens to the public tomorrow on Sunday April 1, 2007.
The unprecedented venture will allow nature enthusiasts to get up close and personal with golden eagles in their natural habitat among the inspiring craggy glens of Scotland's wild west coast.
Golden Eagle, Isle of Mull, copyright Mark Priest
RSPB Scotland in partnership with Ardnamurchan Natural History Centre will host the new attraction, featuring CCTV cameras trained on a deer carcass, allowing observation of wild golden eagles as they come in and feed. There will also be extensive new displays about golden eagles, in addition to the range of wildlife viewing opportunities that already exist at the Centre.
Golden eagles have long been recognised by Scots as symbolic of the inspiring beauty of the country, capturing, as they do, much of what we believe to be the very best aspects Scotland. It is for this reason that last year RSPB Scotland lobbied to have the golden eagle recognised as the National Bird for Scotland.
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