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WHO WAS SHE?
SOMEWHERE IN WALES
The last golden eagle found dead in Wales, a story that I have followed, but also one that has made me raise my eyebrows.
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I was under the impression that golden eagles had been extinct from the Welsh countryside since the mid 1800’s and yet, for some reason, this lone golden eagle had been flying in the Welsh countryside.
When on the 6th of August 2020 she was found by a walker, laying dead in a stream deep in the Ceredigion hills, the story of the ‘last golden eagle living in Wales’ started to circulate.
Whilst many people were saddened by the death of this eagle, there was a more important issue in the background that was never really raised; Where did she come from and why...
WORDS: LEWIS PHILLIPS
IMAGES: ELIOTT BULPETT | LEWIS PHILLIPS
