Studies of less familiar birds 130. White-tailed Eagle

Pandion haliaetus as a breeding species in Scotland, there has been a certain amount of speculation on the possibilities of the return of the White-tailed Eagle Haliaetus albicilla to one of its ancestral haunts. From being at one time commoner than t h e Golden Eagle it became extinct as a breeding species in Scotland in 1916. Up to the middle of last century it held on in fair numbers i n the we...