This is a blog that features the movements of eagles reared in Scotland and fitted with satellite-received transmitters. This effort to better understand eagle dispersal is being undertaken by Natural Research and its partners: the Highland Foundation for Wildlife, the RSPB, SNH and the Scottish Raptor Study Groups. Eagles have been tracked since fledging and data from them will form part of a Natural Research funded PhD by Ewan Weston at Aberdeen University.

Monday, 4 June 2012

57109: 19 - 28 May 2012

As in previous periods, 57109 spent much of its time in the Monadhliaths.  It did make an excursion  between morning of 21 May and morning of 22 May, first heading north then circling around to the SW, S, then back to the Monadhliaths,  Its location at the end of this tracking period was only about 900 m from its location at the beginning of the tracking period.

32867: 21 - 30 May 2012

32867 started off the period in the north of the island about 8 km south of Port Ness.  It then headed south and between 26 and 29 May it bounced between essentially two locations west of Manish.  By 30 May it was very close to Rhenigidale.

Tuesday, 29 May 2012

32857: 11-28 May 2012

This bird was last heard on 11 May.  This is a battery powered GPS tag that was put out in summer of 2010.

57109:10-21 May 2012

During 10-11 May this bird was about 15 km E of Spean Bridge, it then flew up to the Monadhliaths, where it has spent much of its time this past winter (look back at earlier posts).

32867: 11-20 May 2012


On 11 May 32867 was NNW of Quidinish, after which it traveled north to locations around Eisgen on 13-14 May, then spent 17-19 May east of Loch Reasort.  By 20 May it was about 1.5 km south of Cuidhaseadair.

Friday, 11 May 2012

32857: 1 - 10 May 2012

32857:  On 1 May this eagle was just north of Strathrannoch, crossed the Moray Firth on 4 or 5 May, then hit the Highland Whiskey trail and was located at the end of the period east of Tomnavoulin.

57109: 1 - 7 May 2012

57109:  On 1 May this bird started the day just north of Loch Rannoch, by the end of the day it was in the Monadhliaths (again! See earlier posts), where it stayed, except for a quick jaunt north of Loch Ness on the 6th, until the 7th.