Golden Eagle tracking

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.

Tuesday, 15 November 2011

57115:16 Oct- 14 Nov 2011

57115: Unlike 57109, this eagle has remained in a small area of Scotland not travelling large distances.

57109:15 Oct-14 Nov 2011

57109: This map shows the eagle movements over the past month- there is a wide range of movements in the highlands of Scotland.

Thursday, 3 November 2011

57115: 10-31 Oct 2011

57115: This eagle has stayed in the same area for nearly a month.

57109: 13- 24 Oct 2011

57109: This eagle has travelled further north in the past couple of weeks. Sometime staying in the same area for a couple of days or so.

Thursday, 22 September 2011

57115: 5-19 Sep 2011

The satellite tagging of this eagle over the past two weeks has shown frequent short flights. Flights tend to be about 5 miles in length with the occasional one a little longer.

57109: 10-18 Sep 2011

This eagle has remained in a very simular place to other previous weeks with only one ranging movement in a south-westerly direction, then back again into the same area.

Monday, 12 September 2011

57115: 28 Aug- 06 Sep 2011

57115: The last locations we have for this eagle show it moving south again. As the crow flys this is a journey of about 24 miles, we will have to see if the next map shows anymore movement in a southerly direction.