After no sightings since April, a young White-tailed Eagle has re-appeared in Kerry at several sites over the past couple of weeks. Christened 'Eddie', he was at Rossbeigh, then Inch and yesterday, in Tralee Bay.
White-tailed Eagle, 'Eddie', Tralee Bay, 26th September 2017 (Liam Doyle).
He was born in summer 2016 in West Cork. The photo below is of the parents, male W (born 2010) & female D (born 2009) near the nest site today.
'Eddie's' parents, near their nest site in West Cork, 26th September 2017 (Clare Heardman).
Eddie was the first White-tailed Eagle chick to fledge in Cork in over 100 years, and as the pair failed to produce fledged young this summer he is still their only surviving offspring, and the only 'wild-born' eagle from Co. Cork in a century.
White-tailed Eagle, 'Eddie', Tralee Bay, 26th September 2017 (Liam Doyle).
If you do see him on his wanderings, be sure and let us know. He has a blue wing tag on the left wing, orange on the right.
With many thanks to Allan Mee and Clare Heardman.
