Chris Packham joins outrage as pair of golden eagles go missing

Two young golden eagles have disappeared in suspicious circumstances on the same Scottish grouse moor, wildlife presenter Chris Packham has said.

A golden eagle. Picture: PA

The satellite-tagged birds were being monitored by Packham and Raptor Persecution UK as part of a study into the movements of young golden eagles in Scotland.

Adam and Charlie are said to have vanished within hours of each other from the Auchnafree Estate, near Dunkeld in Perthshire, on April 18.

The eagles' satellite tags stopped working and neither the birds nor the tags have been traced.

Packham and Raptor Persecution UK said there was no evidence to suggest the estate's involvement in the disappearances.

The Springwatch co-presenter said in a statement: "We can't prove that harm has come to Adam and Charlie, nor who might have been responsible, but we can look at the circumstances, look at the science, look at the wider evidence and draw plausible conclusions.

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