{"id":598419,"date":"2025-11-28T03:20:15","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T03:20:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/598419\/"},"modified":"2025-11-28T03:20:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T03:20:15","slug":"warning-that-cairngorms-national-parks-peregrine-falcons-in-decline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/598419\/","title":{"rendered":"Warning that Cairngorms National Park&#8217;s peregrine falcons in decline"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/w3ct73fv\" class=\"ssrcss-f6h2dj-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Peregrines are the fastest animals on Earth<\/a> and can reach speeds of more than 200mph when they dive on prey, such as pigeons.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Dr Sarah Henshall, head of conservation at the Cairngorms National Park Authority (CNPA), said the study painted a &#8220;bleak picture&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">She said the authority would work closely with bird of prey study groups, estates and other experts on researching the falcons&#8217; behaviour.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">GPS tagging birds could also be used to help tackle wildlife crime, she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Scottish Land and Estates said landowners and rural workers were committed to bird of prey conservation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Ross Ewing, director of moorland and strategic projects, said avian flu and harsh weather posed threats to peregrines.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">He said: &#8220;The reported decline in the peregrine population within the Cairngorms National Park is concerning and reflects a wider trend observed in the Scotland and UK-wide populations over the last three decades.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Peregrines are the fastest animals on Earth and can reach speeds of more than 200mph when they dive&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":598420,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3847],"tags":[70,16,15,1717],"class_list":{"0":"post-598419","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-science","9":"tag-uk","10":"tag-united-kingdom","11":"tag-wildlife"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115625172851037567","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=598419"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598419\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/598420"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=598419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=598419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=598419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}