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Drumming Sniper
You'm not from 'round 'ere, boy!
craigthirlwell
Well-known member
I might be corrected but from my understanding the best time to see him will be feb onwards when he should be displaying above his territory, despite being alone..
Funny this,
White Tailed Eagles are being reintroduced into eastern scotland, eastern england and Wales.
Ospreys have been reintroduced at Rutland, (Publicity stunt, Osprey numbers have been skyrocketing all over Scotland for years and now wales is being recolonised, let them recolonise naturally at their own rate).
Red Kites into Eastern Scotland, the Chilterns, Yorkshire etc. (Why? they are doing great by themselves) yet nobody has even mentioned releasing a female bird at Haweswater.
Im saying a female bird should be released into the Lake District but i doesn't make sense to me, helping those that don't really need it.
Hotspur
James Spencer
The reasons for not releasing a female into the lakes are several.
1) There is only enough suitable territory for 1 breeding pair of eagles in the lakes, which is why there has only been 1 pair for several generations.
2) The flight displays above Haweswater can be seen by wandering GE's from MANY miles away. Remember these birds have far better eyesight than us and it actually magnifies to something like 3x. Also there have been Golden Eagles seen northern England this year but these arent generally released as breeding cant be discounted. If eagles are wandering then a mate is a good possibility.
3) The lone eagles at Haweswater have always attracted mates previously. There is a population in SW Scotland.
a counter to this last point is that the SW pop is doing really badly and has been persecuted.
4) A breeding population of several pairs in England is not viable so translocating an already stressed species (in terms of numbers) is detrimental to the Eagles long term conservation in Scotland. Perhaps re-establishing and conserving the Dumfries Eagles would serve better in attracting the lone Goldie a mate.
1) There is only enough suitable territory for 1 breeding pair of eagles in the lakes, which is why there has only been 1 pair for several generations.
2) The flight displays above Haweswater can be seen by wandering GE's from MANY miles away. Remember these birds have far better eyesight than us and it actually magnifies to something like 3x. Also there have been Golden Eagles seen northern England this year but these arent generally released as breeding cant be discounted. If eagles are wandering then a mate is a good possibility.
3) The lone eagles at Haweswater have always attracted mates previously. There is a population in SW Scotland.
a counter to this last point is that the SW pop is doing really badly and has been persecuted.
4) A breeding population of several pairs in England is not viable so translocating an already stressed species (in terms of numbers) is detrimental to the Eagles long term conservation in Scotland. Perhaps re-establishing and conserving the Dumfries Eagles would serve better in attracting the lone Goldie a mate.
Martin Thomas
Retired student
It also takes a minimum of 7 years for a released juvenile to reach breeding maturity (see www.goldeneagle.ie to see exactly what's involved in such a scheme). The male at Haweswater may be getting past his pirme by the time a female became ready to breed.
The Lake District is now so over-grazed and artifically manipulated that the habitat required for a proper release scheme would take immense resources to reinstate it. Having visited the Irish GE project (who think their habitat is marginal in places) sadly I can't see how any scheme would work here without many years of preparation and funding.
Hotspur's suggestion that we should concentrate on protecting and conserving what we already have in SW Scotland might be a better tactic. In time, if the conditions permit then GE's will re-populate the Lake District of their own accord.
The Lake District is now so over-grazed and artifically manipulated that the habitat required for a proper release scheme would take immense resources to reinstate it. Having visited the Irish GE project (who think their habitat is marginal in places) sadly I can't see how any scheme would work here without many years of preparation and funding.
Hotspur's suggestion that we should concentrate on protecting and conserving what we already have in SW Scotland might be a better tactic. In time, if the conditions permit then GE's will re-populate the Lake District of their own accord.
