‘Flying barndoor’ eagles to be reintroduced to mainland England
Natural England has announced plans for 60 young white-tailed eagles – Britain’s biggest bird of prey – to be released into the wild in Norfolk. Nicknamed ‘flying barndoors”, because of their wing span of up to 8ft (2.4m), white tailed eagles became extinct in Britain by the early 20th century. The birds of prey were reintroduced to Scotland from the 1970s, with the first reintroduction in England taking place on the…