UK: Fears that eggs have been damaged in Mull eagle fight
“Rangers from the Mull and Iona Community Trust and RSPB watched in horror as the aggressive interaction between the resident pair and a bold – and unknown – third bird escalated. The nest is sited at the historic Craignure Golf Course, and has been chosen for Mull Eagle Watch this year.” Read more https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/ne ... gle-fight/
According to the BBC, three golden eagles have disappeared in the very same area since 2014. Now a sea eagle is missing. All four raptors were satellite tagged. Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-tay ... l-43822974
The Grouse in Health and in Disease Vol.1 by the Committee of Inquiry on Grouse Disease. Public domain
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Posted: April 21st, 2018, 10:25 am
by maertha
Update, UK/Scotland: Have you seen Blue X?
The female White-tailed Eagle, named Blue X, is still missing. She´s the daughter of the famous Turquoise Z, who raised chicks in two different nests last year. (See WtE Database, doc. #97: Love triangle for Scottish Sea Eagles http://looduskalender.ee/forum/viewtopi ... +Z#p547799 )
"Earth Day 2018 is dedicated to providing the information and inspiration needed to fundamentally change human attitude and behavior about Plastics." More info here https://www.earthday.org/
Below one of my favourite TED videos (thanks for the link to b.h-p): A talk from Melati and Isabel Wijsen about their campaign to ban plastic bags in Bali.
TED, February 2016 Our campaign to ban plastic bags in Bali | Melati and Isabel Wijsen
It´s the second set of triplets for this breeding pair in northern Germany, Schleswig-Holstein. The first set was born in 2016, but the youngest eaglet died. The 2018 chicks are three weeks old now, and local eagle watchers hope the raptors will survive.
Article (in German) https://www.shz.de/lokales/schleswiger- ... 51246.html
News from the GPS-Project and White-tailed Eagle Gunhild. In the picture below the GPS-data map you can see how she climbs on thermal winds several hundred meters in height (from 300m to 800m in about 6 minutes). Source: Danish Ornithological Society (DOF), 24 April 2018 https://www.dof.dk/naturbeskyttelse/arter/orne/gps-orn
The young bird had been removed from the parental nest end of March after the male eagle disappeared. According to the Duna-Ipoly National Park Directorate, the eaglet could be placed in a nest with two adoptive siblings now. News release (in Hungarian), pictures, 26 April 2018 https://www.dunaipoly.hu/hu/hir/otto-a- ... -lakhelyen