Artificial eyries raise hopes of golden eagles breeding in southern Scotland

Nests placed close to where three young birds have been spotted with intention of encouraging them to reproduce

Two artificial eyries have been placed high in the trees on a private estate in southern Scotland to encourage translocated golden eagles to breed in the region.

Expert climbers erected the huge nests in hard-to-reach locations on the Duke of Northumberland’s Burncastle estate, close to where three young satellite-tagged golden eagles have been spotted.