
Jun 6, 2026
✦The Guardian
Predator or prey? The confounding case of the missing sea eagle
Police are investigating the suspicious disappearance of a satellite-tagged sea eagle in North York Moors. Officers searched the Snilesworth estate last week. The UK's biggest bird of prey, known as a 'flying barn door', vanished from prime shooting country. The eagle's disappearance is being treated as suspicious, police said.