Eagle gardens

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kiang

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A grant of £637,000 has been awarded by the Scottish rural development programme, to a group of enthusiastic professionals to open up a 34 acre site in the Scottish borders for a bird of prey conservation centre, at the heart of which will be (they claim) Europes largest free flight aviary at 80m wide and 30m high, for a group of around 50 large African vultures.
The 34-acre site would have space for 250 eagles, owls and other birds of prey in 100 enclosures.

BBC NEWS | UK | Scotland | South of Scotland | Vulture plans hatched for quarry

Eagle Gardens Birds of Prey Centre, Scotland

Here is the proposed site plan.

Eagle Gardens Arial View

Also tucked away in the news section is the laying of eggs by Bearded vultures, i for one did not think there were any in the UK, can anyone shed any light on this?

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http://www.eaglegardens.co.uk/index.php?name=GERTIE
 
Very interesting .

I was not aware that there were any Bearded Vultures in the UK , let alone the only breeding pair being here in Wales .

I am aware of the Falcon breeding centre run by Nick Fox outside Carmarthen - see Falcons - one of the world's largest facilities , but do not think they have other birds . Anyone know where the Bearded Vultures are ?
 
That is an interesting development for several reasons..... I didnt think grants were still being handed out considering the economic climate at the moment! I would imagine they could do quite a lot with the 650,000 that they have so I wonder why they dont make a start them complete the project at a later stage. It is very interesting that there are Bearded vultures in the UK let alone breeding!
 
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