Yesterday, the six young white-tailed eagles to be released over the next couple of weeks were fitted with their wing tags and VHF transmitters.
The wing tag colour that we’re using this year is grey with yellow letters. We had to make sure that the tags wouldn’t get confused with the ones used in previous years. I think this will work pretty well, and the yellow letters really stand out! The letters we have chosen to use are A, H, O, R, T, X.
Each bird also has its own VHF frequency so that we can follow their dispersal once they’re released.
We also had a vet present to take a second lot of samples from the birds since their arrival for health screening. We also took measurements to monitor growth rate. Some of the birds have gained almost 3kg since they’ve arrived!
The young female that was taken ill during the first week in captivity is much better and looking fantastic. She is the biggest bird that we have this year!
A big thank you to the team that were there to help yesterday!!
Looking good & almost ready for the big-wide world now!
~ Karen ~Pet & Widlife Artist living in southern Perthshire. A self confessed White-Tailed Eagle-holic!