A golden eagle died after flying into a wind turbine in Scotland, an investigation has found. Three-year-old Sparky was found dead around 50ft from the base of a turbine in Dumfries and Galloway with its wing detached after a “wind turbine collision”.

Conservationists say three-year-old male Sparky was found 15 metres from a turbine base in Dumfries and Galloway.

The death of the locally-fledged bird, named Sparky, is the first recorded incident of its kind in the south of Scotland, according to a conservation body.