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Men arrested and charged following the death of red kites in Aberdeenshire
Two men have been arrested and charged in connection with wildlife offences following enquiries into the death of red kites in the Strathdon area of Aberdeenshire in February, 2025.
The men, aged 39 and 42, will be reported to the Procurator Fiscal.
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Swung by Blackford Pond yesterday*, which on reflection was the first time I'd been that way in several months. I was saddened to find no sign of the swans. The mound in the reed bed which they'd nested on in the last couple of years was deserted and had new shoots growing up through it. I thought they might have relocated back to the island, given the low rainfall this spring, but I couldn't see any sign of them there either, and nor were they to be seen on the water. I hope this doesn't spell the end of swans there. Maybe the poor state of the pond in recent years finally forced them to leave? (That said, it seemed to be looking noticeably less manky yesterday.)
On a more uplifting note, the swans nesting at the Shore in Leith seem to be raising a fine brood, based on posts spotted on Bluesky and *cough* the other place (which I'm afraid I still find myself having to check from time to time, not least because because certain entities - I'm looking at you, Lothian Buses and Police Scotland, amongst others - don't post on Bluesky despite apparently having accounts.)
* En route to and from Craigmillar Castle, hoping to be able to follow up @Gembo's second-hand report of swifts there. No luck with the apodidae but I was surprised at how straightforward it was to get there and back, once I'd worked out how to use Inch Park as a more-or-less traffic-free route to Old Dalkeith Road avoiding Cameron Toll. Funny how long you can live in a place and suddenly find a bit of it you'd never been to before...
Having dug around a bit online, it seems that the Blackford Pond swans were attacked and killed by creatures unknown back in the autumn (reported in a Morningside-oriented Facebook group complete with "something must be done" hand-wringy comments, and on Reddit and Xitter.)
RIP Blackford Bob the cob and Marine La Pen.
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