Saxony: red kite pairs massively disturbed during the breeding: display

Chemnitz (dpa/sn) - Unknowns have repeatedly disturbed a pair of red kites in Chemnitz so massively that the strictly protected birds of prey have given up their breeding.

Saxony: red kite pairs massively disturbed during the breeding: display

Chemnitz (dpa/sn) - Unknowns have repeatedly disturbed a pair of red kites in Chemnitz so massively that the strictly protected birds of prey have given up their breeding. "Unfortunately, there were only three cold eggs left in the nest," the city said on Monday. The people apparently climbed up to the eyrie several times, installed a wildlife camera there and repeatedly read the data. In addition, they would have deliberately scared the birds away from smaller replacement nests, which they could have switched to.

The camera was confiscated by the nature conservation authority. Information is now being sought as to who has observed anything conspicuous in the foothills of the Crimmitschauer forest near the Chemnitz motorway junction.