Yahoo News Two extremely rare eagles found dead on south coast
Two extremely rare eagles that have recently been reintroduced to the UK have been found dead on the south coast of England.
Police said one of the white-tailed eagles had been found in Dorset in late January while the other was found in the south of England.
A post-mortem is now underway to determine the cause of their deaths.
Dorset police urged anyone with information to come forward.
They were found using GPS that had been attached to them before they were sent into the wild.
They were originally released on the Isle of Wight and have a wide range travelling as far as North Yorkshire and France.
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They tend to return to the island after completing their journeys.
They tend to prey on fish and water birds, making the Isle of Wight an ideal location for their reintroduction.
The reintroduction scheme is being managed by Forestry England and the Roy Dennis Wildlife Foundation.
Six birds have been released each year since 2019.
The eagles are the UK's largest bird of prey and can have a wingspan up to 8ft.
The species went extinct in the UK during the early 20th century, due to illegal killing, and the present population is descended from reintroduced birds.
A reintroduction scheme has been going on in Scotland for five years.
