Eagle turbine death prompts bizarre attack on shooting by antis
- Last updated: 10/01/2025
› Anti-shooting campaigner, Ruth Tingay, has said the game-shooting industry will be “jumping up and down” after the tragic death of a golden eagle following its collision with a wind turbine in Scotland.
The unprovoked attack on the fieldsports sector was published on the Raptor Persecution UK website following the announcement that a three-year-old, locally fledged golden eagle had been found dead 15 metres from the base of a turbine in Dumfries and Galloway at the Windy Rig wind farm.
Ms Tingay said that this information would be “pounced upon” by the sector, who would be “pointing fingers” and announcing that “wind farms are killing golden eagles, it’s not us gamekeepers.”
Earlier this year, the South of Scotland Golden Eagle Project said that the golden eagle population in southern Scotland had risen to 47—the highest figure in centuries.
The Eagle Project has been introducing and fledging birds at its secret site near Moffat since 2018.
Project leaders say this death highlights the need to mitigate risks to endangered birds at proposed and existing turbine sites.