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1.World first as sea eagle’s childhood is recorded. UK (Scotland, Isle of Mull), January 2013

A sea eagle has flown into the record books as the first in the world to have his entire childhood history recorded – from birth to meeting his mate.

RSPB Scotland Mull officer, Dave Sexton, who has followed Mara since he fledged in 2008, said:
“He is a world first. His whole life, from being a chick in the nest to being an adult with a mate and a nest of his own four years later has been mapped and followed via space-age technology, using a satellite tag."

Source: Scotsman.com, by Moira Kerr. Published on Tuesday 1 January 2013
http://www.scotsman.com/news/environmen ... -1-2713842

2.Eagle search called off by Warwick Castle. UK, January 2013

Stanley escaped from Warwick Castle in early September 2012. Attempts to recapture the White-tailed Eagle which went missing from Warwick Castle have ended.

Source: BBC 5 January 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-co ... e-20919777

3.A genuine Norwegian White-tailed Eagle has been witnessed flying above Shetland's north isles for more than three weeks. UK/Shetland, January 2013

No wing tags could be seen, so the observer assumed it might be a genuine vagrant from northern Europe and not one of the White-tailed-Eagles from the Scottish reintroduction programmes.
It was possible to take a picture from the immature bird, and the colour ring combination was identified. Björn Helander, coordinator of the WtE ringing project for northern Europe, confirmed it was a Norwegian bird of authentic origin.

The last of the native Shetland population was shot in the north mainland in 1917. It was also the last individual from the whole of Scotland.

Source: Shetland News, 6 January 2013. By Brydon Thomason, Shetland Nature
Shetland News: http://www.shetnews.co.uk/news/6128-an- ... -the-isles
Shetland Nature/facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shetlandnature

4.Stan may have won his right to a wild lifestyle. UK, January 2013

Wildlife expert Richard James has predicted that Stan the missing eagle from Warwick Castle should be able to survive in 2013 provided he keeps clear of overhead power lines and has a ready supply of roadkill.

Source: Warwick Courier, Barbara Goulden. 11 January 2013
http://www.warwickcourier.co.uk/news/lo ... -1-4669364
http://www.warwickcourier.co.uk/

5.White-tailed Eagle suffers concussion. Finland, January 2013

The female bird was born in 2007 and ringed in the same year in Vaasa, Finland. In this region live currently about 80 breeding pairs.

Merikotka teki välilaskun sairastuvalle
Source: ILKKA.fi, by Suvi Pärnänen 16.01.2013
http://www.ilkka.fi/arki-ja-el%C3%A4m%C ... -1.1320394
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Villiel%C ... ref=stream

6.Visitors from Finland. Sweden, January 2013

A group of White-tailed Eagles has been spotted at the fish farm in Köpmansholmen near Örnsköldsvik, Sweden. According to Anders Lindström from the local authority, the young and adult birds are probably visitors from Finland.

Örnsköldsvik gör rätt för namnet. Sju havsörnar har setts vid fiskodlingen i Köpmanholmen. En vacker, men inte ovanlig syn som vår fotograf Leif Wikberg fångat på bild.
Source: Allehanda.se, 15 January 2013, Photographer: Leif Wikberg
http://allehanda.se/start/ornskoldsvik/ ... for-namnet

7.Another White-tailed Eagle found poisoned - third known incident in the area. Poland, January 2013

The bird was unable to fly but still alive when it was found on December 28. It was brought to the Rehabilitation Centre of Protected Animals in Przemysl. http://orzw.pl/en/our-actions/103-pogotowie-dla-saren
The cause of the poisoning is still unknown. The Police of Rzeszów and the local environmental protection agency have been informed.

Source: Polskie Radio Rzeszów, 3 January 2013
http://www.radio.rzeszow.pl/powiat-luba ... -uratowany

8.Causes of eagle deaths near the Estonian coastline. January 2013

Kes tapab Padisel merikotkaid? Source: Maaleht.ee, 17 January 2013
http://www.maaleht.ee/news/uudised/eest ... d=65538948

9.Eagles versus wind power plants. Sweden, January 2013

Örnar stoppar miljardsatsning
Source: helagotland.se, 2013-01-28 http://www.helagotland.se/nyheter/artik ... id=8284876

Konflikten mellan örnarna och vindkraften trappas upp på Gotland
Source: sverigesradio.se, 28. January 2013 http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.as ... el=5424240

10.Rare White-tailed Eagle spotted between the villages of Dreye and Ahausen. Northern Germany (near Bremen), January 2013

Forest Manager Josef Teupe saw an eagle in this area for the first time in 2010. Now he managed to take a picture.

Forstwirt Josef Teupe: “Seltener Seeadler jagt zwichen Ahausen und Dreye”
Source: Kreiszeitung.de, 29.01.2013. By Sigi Schritt http://www.kreiszeitung.de/nachrichten/ ... 22409.html

11.Six White-tailed eagle pairs live currently in the district of Lüneburg. Northern Germany, January 2013

According to Joachim Schwarz, member of the eagle protection working group AAN (Arbeitsgemeinschaft Adlerschutz Niedersachsen), the White-tailed Eagle population in Lower Saxony has been growing continuously during the last years.

Seeadler im Sucher: Hobbyfotograf gelingt Seeadler-Schnappschuss bei Hohnstorf an der Elbe
Source: Landeszeitung für die Lüneburger Heide, 29.01.2013 http://www.landeszeitung.de/lokales/lan ... im-sucher/

Information on AAN/contact: http://niedersachsen.nabu.de/tiereundpf ... 13680.html

12.White-tailed Eagle released into the wild. Finland, February 2013

Source: yle.fi, 1.2.2013 http://yle.fi/uutiset/katso_video_merik ... en/6477264

13.Protected white-tailed sea eagles found dead. Ireland, February 2012

"100 birds have been released in Killarney National Park between 2007 and 2011. (...) Twenty-six eagles have been recovered dead since the reintroduction programme was initiated, with 12 of those confirmed poisoned.”

Source: RTE News/05 February 2013 http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0205/366313-eagles-poison/
Independent.ie/06 February 2013, Majella O´Sullivan http://www.independent.ie/national-news ... 77921.html
westcorktimes.com, February 6 http://westcorktimes.com/home/?p=15452

KW: Poison, Ireland, Cork, Kerry

14.Rescued eagle sent to rehab center. Poland, January 2013

The bird was found, unable to fly, by a forest ranger.

Source: Ostróda.wm.pl, by Paulina Partyka-Drzazga, 24.01.2013. Ranny bielik trafił na rehabilitację http://ostroda.wm.pl/139771,Ranny-bieli ... z2KDvAQ8ze

15.The riddle of the eagle deaths is almost solved. Germany, February 2013

In the UNESCO biosphere reserve Upper Lausitz Heath and Pond Landscape several White-tailed Eagles were found dead during the last years.
According to Dirk Weis, expert on the protection of endangered species, 11 of 21 Eagles died of lead poisoning. Two birds were poisoned by a pesticide.

Lead poisoning is still one of the most important causes of death in White-tailed Eagles in Germany (25 per cent). The birds are being poisoned by eating lead fragments in shot birds, carcasses or gut piles. Meanwhile lead shot was banned for waterfowl hunting in Saxony with intend to protect the eagles, because in this region about 50 per cent of these birds died of lead poisoning.

Source: Sächsische Zeitung, 06.02.2013, Sorge um den Seeadler in Sachsen http://www.sz-online.de/sachsen/sorge-u ... 02565.html

Read more:
Upper Lausitz Heath and Pond Landscape http://unesco.de/oberlausitz.html?&L=1
Bleivergiftungen bei Seeadlern: Ursachen und Lösungsansätze http://www.seeadlerforschung.de/
Lead poisoning in White-tailed Sea Eagles: Causes and approaches to solutions in Germany; article by Oliver Krone, Norbert Kenntner, Anna Trinogga, Mirjam Nadjafzadeh, Friederike Scholz, Justine Sulawa, Katrin Totschek, Petra Schluck-Wersig and Roland Zieschank (PDF available via Google search)