Numbers of the iconic bird in southern Scotland are at record levels despite some setbacks along the way.

Ten years ago the iconic golden eagle was a rare sight over the rolling hills of southern Scotland.

Numbers had fallen to a handful of breeding pairs and action was needed to turn around the “dwindling population”.

In 2018, a pioneering project began to relocate birds from the Highlands to a secret location in the Moffat Hills in a bid to reverse the decline.