Golden Eagle tracking: October 2012

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.

IF YOU CLICK ON THE MAPS THEY WILL OPEN IN ANOTHER WINDOW AND WILL BE MUCH CLEARER.

Saturday 6 October 2012

57109: 22 Sept - 1 Oct 2012

For much of the early part of this period 57109 was located in areas around the southern border of the Cairngorm National Park, east of Dalwhinnie and the A9. On the morning of the 30th it moved to the west of the A9 north of Loch Rannoch, where it was located until 1 October.

32867: 19 -30 Sept 2012

At the beginning of the period 32867 was located about 5 km west of Tarbert, then spent the rest of the period mostly north of and within about 15 of Tarbert, an area in which it has been located often in the past (See earlier blogs).