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Name of
species
Approximate date of
extinction in Britain
Suitability for
reintroduction
Reintroduction efforts
so far
White-
tailed sea
eagle
1916, as a result of
persecution and egg
collection. 24 Once
widely distributed.
10
First introduced to Rum
in 1975. They have slowly
begun to establish
themselves in the islands
and west coast of
Scotland, and are now
being introduced to the
east coast of Scotland. An
attempt to do the same in
East Anglia foundered on
opposition from
landowners and was
stopped by funding cuts. 25
They take a few lambs.
Osprey
1916, partly as a
result of egg
collectors. 26
10
Re- established itself in
Scotland in 1954, and in
Wales in 2004.
Introduced to England in
1996.
Eagle owl
The last certain
record is from the
Mesolithic, 9, 000-
10,000 years old. 27
But a possible Iron
Age bone has been
found at Meare in
Somerset. 28
7
Now breeding in some
places, after escaping
from collections. There is
controversy about its
impact on other birds of
prey, and on pets. Yalden
and Albarella in The
History of British Birds
note that 'most birders
regard this as a
dangerous introduction
of a non-native species
that should be
discouraged . . . All the
evidence is to the
contrary.' 29
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