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THE STATE OF SCOTLAND'S FARMED ENVIRONMENT 2005
24. Natural Care
MULL EAGLE SCHEME
The Mull Eagle Scheme offers support to hill farmers on Mull who have sea eagles and/or golden eagles on their land. It has the following objectives:- Helping to safeguard the sea eagle and golden eagle populations on Mull , through increased wardening and monitoring of eagles, in conjunction with RSPB and Police Wildlife Liaison officer led initiatives.
- Fostering the pride and commitment of land managers towards the eagle populations on Mull and the recognition that eagles are an asset to the island.
- Supporting land managers in measures aimed at reducing vulnerability of sheep flocks to sea eagle predation.
- Trialling a number of habitat improvements aimed at increasing levels of wild prey taken by eagles.
The scheme offers incentive payments towards:
- Extra shepherding and sheep health measures, aimed at reducing risk of predation by sea eagles.
- Extra support for lamb protection, in special cases where sea eagles nest close to lambing parks.
- Carrying out reporting/wardening tasks related to both golden and sea eagles.
- Habitat management trials, aimed at increasing the levels of eagle prey, at a few selected locations.
The Natural Care Scheme supercedes the Pilot Mull Sea Eagle Management Scheme which was introduced in 1998 and ended in December 2004.
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