Kerry White tailed eagles

[paddyenglishman]

Report from "The Kerryman " newspaper dated wed nov 21st 07 White tailed eagle aged 5 and half months found dead .It appeared in good condition and had no fracture or superficial injuries .Cause of death unknown . It appears from the report that the dead bird was remarkable in that "she" tended not to feed by the lake when the food was provided to the birds there amd she was also slow to mix with the others.She hadnt moved very far and died close to her release site
this reduces the number of birds alive to 14, Eight males and six females
Hope this of interest

[razorsharp]

That is very interesting and I never heard it until now. Very sad of course but I hopethe re-introduction proves succesful, I hope it wasn't poisoned or shot, I would love to see these birds be able to breed freely in Ireland again.

[Cudyll Bach]

Forgive my ignorance but how many birds were released initially?

[Harry Hussey]

Forgive my ignorance but how many birds were released initially?

This is the first bird to die of the initial batch of 15.

[Cudyll Bach]

Thanks Harry. I hope they do well, Kerry is without doubt the most beautiful place I have ever visited, to see White-tailed Eagles there amongst that spectacular scenery must be an awesome sight, I hope I can get back there soon.