White-tailed eagles soar over UK gardens for the first time in 240 years

Brilliant. Saw a pair in Skye last year and they're spectacular. Was talking to the RSPB woman up there and she was saying that they're more easily spooked than you'd imagine. Gulls tend to attack them in pairs in the air and the eagle will withdraw 9 times out of 10.
 
Brilliant. Saw a pair in Skye last year and they're spectacular. Was talking to the RSPB woman up there and she was saying that they're more easily spooked than you'd imagine. Gulls tend to attack them in pairs in the air and the eagle will withdraw 9 times out of 10.

gulls scare sea eagles and crows scare the hell out of gulls. Always amazes me when crows chase seagulls away
 
There were a lot of sightings of a juvenile in the Kildale area last year. There are quite a few settled in the South east which have been seen on the outskirts of London.
 
I wish one would soar over my bit of N Yorks and dispose of some of these pigeons. A farmer down the road potted 160 of them the other day.
 
There was a pair nested on Ennerdale around 1987. I was working at Sellafield at the time and staying in Egremont. I would regularly go onto the fells to watch the Buzzards.

A local lad who worked with us got wind of me doing this and took me to see them. It was hush, hush at the time as they didn’t want bird watchers descending on the place.

The RSPB had the site well monitored and carried out routine checks on the nest - weighing, testing temp of eggs, etc. The birds had enough of this and flew the nest.
 
I'd love to see this.
Bald eagles are 10 a penny in the Vancouver/Vancouver Island area and whenever I go over I always go onto the deck of the ferry to see them. Then you'll just be out and about and you'll look up and see them soaring, they are magnificent birds so having one of their relatives over here is fantastic news.
 
Beautiful creatures and I Would love one round my neighbourhood to scare off the sky vermin. The fooking neighbours behind me have all sorts of bird feeding implements and we seem to be overan with pigeons and other birds. Bird **** everywhere on my car my fence kids trampoline, on the washing. Yesterday my mrs was painting furniture outside and a bird crapped on her paint work as she was painting.
 
Beautiful creatures and I Would love one round my neighbourhood to scare off the sky vermin. The fooking neighbours behind me have all sorts of bird feeding implements and we seem to be overan with pigeons and other birds. Bird **** everywhere on my car my fence kids trampoline, on the washing. Yesterday my mrs was painting furniture outside and a bird crapped on her paint work as she was painting.
Crappy painting!
 
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