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Radio tagging of Mulls
young Sea Eagles (2008)
Two of Mull's Sea Eagles chicks
from Loch Frisa have been radio tagged so that they can be tracked over
the next few years and provide valuable information.
You can follow their
progress as they wander around the country by clicking here
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East coast birds release program:
 
Please note the tag style
of these (and other) East coast young birds in another release program
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A white tag with a distinctive
black bar above and below the letter or number
We would expect to find
these birds over on the west at some time during this winter and any sightings
(with tag details) would be greatly appreciated.
Mulls Birds
Sea Eagle chick 2007 white tags with black letters.
photo by Sian Scott
Juvenile White tailed Sea Eagle and Common Buzzard
for comparison. photo by Steve Williams.
Adult White tailed Sea Eagle by kind permission
of Iain Erskine 2006
 
Sea Eagle images by kind
permnission of Iain Erskine
 
Sea Eagle images by kind
permnission of Iain Erskine
  
 Good
views of White tailed Sea Eagles can be had from many areas on the island,
and a circular route from Salen to Loch na Keal round to Loch Scridain
and through Glen More, back to Craignure will provide plenty of opportunities
to see both Golden Eagles and White tailed Sea Eagles. Scarisdale
Rocks in Loch na Keal is another favorite place, these birds can sit around
for hours on the rocks provided they are not disturbed.Scan any and all
of the hills for Golden Eagles which can be seen in most areas.
Each year the young birds
are tagged on the upper wing only, with a coloured tag with a white
or black letter. Different wing tags are also used on some other birds
and these have a single colour with a white base plus a number.
It is more valuable information
when reports include tag details.
2008 The Lochdon/Grasspoint
birds have failed this year. The birds were disturbed early on in their
breeding
cycle and this might have something to do with the failiure as the adult
birds were kept off the nest for a
period of hours whilst the person disturbing them, (a visiting photographer)
took photographs from
underneath the nest, of both the adult birds in the air.
All very disappointing for those who
have spent time on eaglewatch.
The birds have not been wing tagged this year.
2007
8 chicks. tags white with black lettering A. E. (G) L. M. P.
two chicks have not been tagged
two chicks were lost in April at Loch Frisa due to a tradgic freak accident
when both chicks (only
days old) fell out of the nest which had slipped.
White G was found poisened in Angus in November
2008.
2006
10 chicks. tags yellow with black letters: A, C, E, F, G,
H, L, N, O, P,
2005
8 chicks. tags red with white letters: I, 0, S, V,
X, Z,
(2 birds were not tagged)
2004
6 chicks. tags bottle green with white letters:
A, H, O,
X, Y, Z.
Green 0 found dead near the nest, August 2004, believed to be natural causes
2003
7 chicks fledged . Pink with black letters: H, O, V,
X, Z.
(2 birds were not tagged)
2002
Blue, 2001
White/solid black triangle, 2000 Yellow,
1999
Red,
1998 Green, 1997
Blue, 1996 Grey,
1995
White, 1994
Yellow, 1993 Red
1992 Green, 1991
Blue,
1990
White, 1989
Yellow. 1988 Orange.
Frisa Chicks 2005 Tagged Red
I (Itchy) & S (Scratchy)
 
 
taken
at the time the birds were tagged, photographs by Iain Erskine
Sea Eagle identification
The development of the white
tail is not always a true guide to the age of a bird as many young birds
can develop a full white tail long before reaching maturity. A more accurate
way is to look at the beak which changes from being very dark in the first
year to bright yellow at five and six years old.The iris is dark brown
in the juvenile bird,changing to bright yellow by the 6th year adult bird.
 
1st Year and adult Sea Eagles
 
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