Overview
- The juvenile white-tailed eagle known as G834, born in Dorset in 2025, arrived on the western side of the North York Moors on April 30 after roaming across England this spring.
- Overnight into May 1 the bird’s satellite tag stopped transmitting and there have been no further signals or recovery of the bird since then.
- Following NWCU analysis North Yorkshire Police have classified the disappearance as suspicious and launched an investigation that asks the public to contact 101 with reference 12260086274.
- Conservation groups have expressed anger and concern, noting a pattern of tagged raptors losing signals or going missing in the North Yorkshire area and highlighting previous police probes near game-shooting lands.
- White-tailed eagles were reintroduced to England and are closely tracked with satellite tags to monitor survival and movements, so an abrupt tag loss can indicate device failure, natural death, or possible criminal interference and may affect public support for the reintroduction programme.