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Message: <blockquote data-quote="pdg330" data-source="post: 3200669" data-attributes="member: 131799">It's not that close is it?   Riggindale is further on up that path, then downhill a bit and off a path uphill to the left - and as said, this was not far from the car park at all.   If you class 30 minutes walk or whatever it takes as close by, then I stand corrected.Thanks to those of you who confirmed that these pics do show GE, there was never any doubt in my mind.   It's frustrating though that no one else seems to have noted this pair as yet.  If the male was flying high in the valley that day then I guess there's a strong chance it was him I saw, though there was definitely white on the underwings - granted, there was full sun with zero cloud all day and extremely bright when I sighted the first bird just before noon, I don't know if that would give the appearance of white, but mid afternoon on the second sighting (when we saw two birds), both of these featured paleness.    The warden confirmed juveniles being the same size as adults, which further cements my view here - but I wonder if it could have been the male with a partner.   I can't be sure, but I do know that we saw eagles that day, whether one of the photos doesn't show this or not is something I can't do much about - perhaps the angle of the shot / bird, I don't know.    I'd like to think the other silhouettes, albeit distant, show the characteristic long wings.</blockquote>