| Table 6.39 Known persecution incidents, deaths of owls and birds of prey 1990-19961 |
| Poisoned | Shot | Trapped |
Total
incidents |
Total
deaths |
Nests
Destroyed
(inc eggs)
& young) |
| Area | Incidents | Deaths | Incidents | Deaths | Incidents | Deaths |
|
|
| Scotland | 80 | 79 | 110 | 73 | 60 | 5 | 250 | 157 | 33 |
| Highland | 16 | 13 | 27 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 56 | 30 | 3 |
| Grampian | 8 | 9 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 30 | 25 | 0 |
| Tayside | 26 | 23 | 15 | 15 | 20 | 2 | 61 | 40 | 9 |
| Fife | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| Lothian | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 0 |
| Borders | 5 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 23 | 12 | 1 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 3 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 14 | 5 |
| Eilean Siar2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Strathclyde | 14 | 16 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 36 | 23 | 14 |
| Central | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Shetland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Orkney | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Source: RSPB |
| 1 New council area figures are not yet available. |
| 2 The former Western Isles Council changed its name on 2 September 1997. |
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