Buzzards defended after chick snatched from nest
RSPB hits out after osprey attack
By Sally McDonald
Published: 28/06/2012
A CALL to strip buzzards of their protected species status was slammed today by a leading conservation group.
The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds spoke out after a businessman released dramatic footage of a buzzard snatching an osprey chick from its nest near Oldmeldrum.
But a RSPB spokesman said the incident “should not be used as a foundation to demonise buzzards”.
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