Sea Eagles snatch newborn lambs on Uist

A farmer captured the heartbreaking moment a newborn lamb was carried off by a sea eagle. Duncan Maclean, 40, was checking on his sheep , April 4, when he spotted three sea eagles - two clutching lambs in their talons. Duncan has already lost around six lambs to eagles this season - but this was the first time he witnessed them being carried off. The part-time farmer in Uist, Outer Hebrides, said: "It's very frustrating and disheartening to see" The sea eagles, or white-tailed eagles, have become more and more troublesome to rural Scottish farmers over the past few years, he said.
The most recent set of eaglets was relocated from Norway in 2007 and Duncan has noticed the impact of their reintroduction
SWSMlamb - by Ottilie Von Henning