Just to keep you in the picture on the movements of our young sea eagles. Since the last update, nothing today on Breagha but her brother Mara has been drifting about the centre of Mull and has moved up Glen More and over the hills to the north from his last fix. As of 1210 yesterday 7 January he was over a mountain called Beinn Ghraig on the SE side of Loch na Keal and in an area renowned for its concentration of eagles - in fact he's chosen well as the area is even designated by the EU as a Special Protection Area (SPA). It's also an area we sometimes see young sea eagles congregating at this time of year so hopefully he will meet up with some distant cousins.
I'll check the area out later today to see if he's using the woods as a roost but I'd better dash now as I've just had a reliable sighting of some very important birds turning up in the school playground in the village - our chickens seem to have made a bid for freedom and followed the girls to school. Now if only we had some more satellite tracking kits...
Dave Sexton RSPB Scotland Mull Officer
Dave Sexton, RSPB Scotland Mull Officer
Glad to have an update on Mara Dave, hope there will be news of Breagha soon. Hope you managed to catch the chickens.
Margobird
Hi Dave,
Hope Mara and Breagha weren't blown about to much in the storm yesterday ?? I thought I was going to lose a tree or two in the garden up here in the Highlands...But at least it has now got warmer...
We have had lots of spring frolicking on the bird table today !! Whether the birds think that 5c is spring is amazing..Blackbirds flirting and showing off, Robin to busy flirting to eat and I won't describe to you what the squirrels were up to !!
I think when it gets cold again they will all be in for a bit of a shock..
I can just imagine you gathering up the chickens, my other half says I need a sat tag when I go shopping !!! :-)