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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Boom" data-source="post: 3200025" data-attributes="member: 63167">It could well be a Golden Eagle, in an occupied Golden Eagle territory.It's the two birds together that is the remarkable record.If you know what you saw then that's all that matters, but I hope you can understand that people who have dedicated so much time and effort here in the waning hope that a female might turn up have every reason to want to seek proof as if this was a pair the logistical operation to protect/increase staff etc would go into overdrive.I have every hope that you are right as a breeding pair back in Riggindale would be absolutely amazing.You only have to look at the Bassenthwaite Ospreys to see how much organisation is necessary to operate public watch points/protection etc</blockquote>