I grew up in Denmark, but have lived in the UK for nearly 30 years. The only place I have ever seen White Tailed Eagles is just outside my childhood village on visits to my parents. Quite special!!
Great news! Way back in the mid '70s a couple of us were walking in a remote part of the Rough Bounds of Knoydart when were astonished to see a pair of Sea Eagles hunting. So far as we knew, they had been extinct in Britain for 170 years. When we got home we called the RSPB to report this, and they asked us to keep it to ourselves. The first pairs had been brought from Norway and secretly released on the isle of Rum, across the Sound. It was an unforgettable experience watching them hunt against the background of the Small Isles.
Nice to see some good news regarding English wildlife, Eagles are truly beautiful and majestic animals and I hope they continue to return and thrive in their ancient home.
What a beautiful bird, congratulations on your quest to get these majestic creatures to breed. It's really exciting to see this progress and hope they can be as successful as the Red Kites have been so far.
Indeed! Scotland has been destroyed by Sitka and Norweigan Spruce. And the future is bleak, as all the escapees from plantations mature. Scottish Woodlands buy up land everywhere they can, plant alien species, and devastate what is left of natural habitats. Criminal.
@@sarahmaher6568 I wondered the same thing. What I have discovered is that it is a non-native tree. Originally it came from the Pacific Northwest of North America. But, it has been planted in the UK for commercial reasons. However, one of the negative impacts of this in terms of wildlife is Sitka spruce plantations often create dense, monoculture forests that support less biodiversity compared to native broadleaf woodlands. The dense canopy limits light penetration, reducing the undergrowth and thus the variety of plants and animals that can thrive in these environments.
Sitkah spruce is fine when it’s not planted tightly packed in a monoculture plantation. A couple sitkahs in a broadleaf woodland although not native aren’t going to kill everything.
Magnificent creatures, I've seen one of the IoW birds flying over Sussex. It's a shame they keep turning up 'accidentally killed' on hunting estates in the South of England.
I've been lucky enough to have that first chick come to my village, and even fly over my house! I've seen him catch several Pike so he is an excellent fisher already, there's no worry about him going without food if he can find a river or lake, or of course the sea.
I was lucky enough to see a white tailed eagle while on a canoeing trip in Scotland. we were approaching a beach - with the intent to pitch tents for the night and an eagle took-off from a tree, flying past us
My friend lives on a farm near to poole. Next to her is a farm. Something huge swooped down and killed one of the grey geese and took it. It was one of a pair. The other bird is extremely stressed and has now got to be locked away
I’m sure I saw one fly over my garden in East Anglia a couple of years ago, it was very high up but even then it look enormous.I dashed in the house grabbed some binoculars but it was too far away to be properly identified by the time I got a chance to view it again. It had a slow wing flap and seemed to be heading roughly SW to NE, it was magnificent just wish I could have positively identified it. (Defo not buzzard, kite or heron)….deep joy.
I live on the Isle of Wight and last year a big commotion in the sky above where I live near the River Medina , seagulls going frantic , because high above them a single sea eagle was flying above up the river , beautiful sight never forgotten 😊😊👍👍👍
Great to see them in southern England,i go up to Mull at least once a year from London to see Eagles.I thought i saw one near Portsmouth a few weeks ago but wasn't 100% sure.Keep up the good work i need to have a day trip down to poole in the summer.
I believe there are a breeding pair on the Isle of Wight, I was lucky enough to see and actually scare one by accident down here in Cornwall. I was walking over one of the carns (big hills) near Redruth and as I walked along a low hedge(stone wall boundary) a huge bird, at first I thought it was a heron took flight about 20 feet from where I was walking. The under colour was nothing I had seen on a heron, buzzard or even kite and it was up and away before I had even time to try a get a picture, so I looked up all the birds of prey, shape of tail feather and under colour and found the white tail the only one to fit what I had seen. I had a trip to Carmarthen soon after and they have a bird display in their Eden progect and asked about the white tail. They confirmed the eagles on the IOW patrol right over Devon and Cornwall up to South Wales. A lucky privilege on my part.
Absolutely wonderful! I follow live streams of Bald Eagles in the US, but also other eagles and Red-tailed Hawks, but it's so nice to have raptors in England and I do hope that, one day, we can have live cams too. Thank you very much for posting and the very best of luck with your project ❤
An inspiring project, as are all the projects that Roy lends his expertise to! It's been a joy to witness these birds once again flying free over the ancient woodland of the New Forest and the downlands of Cranborne Chase. Thank you Stephen and all the project team for bringing this dream to life.
Big Big Thank you to everyone involved in bringing back white tailed Eagles i hope they come to The Lizzard Cornwall England ❤❤❤ Yvonne mullion Cornwall England
I would love to see an attempt at re-introducing the Large Tortoiseshell butterfly into our southern native woods. It has been left to several private individuals attempting this, with varying success, but not on the scale of operation needed. The large tortoiseshell, like other butterflies, are a "bottom of the food chain" species and has little impact on local ecosystems.
I saw a white tailed eagle between the villages of Aubourn and Bassingham in Lincolnshire in a field with its prey then it flew off as my car got nearer, although I did see it return to its prey in my rear view mirror. This was in May '24. I went on the RSPB website to report it, but amongst the questions they asked me to enter one included the coordinates of where it was spotted. I had no idea, I just know it was half way between the 2 villages (about 2 miles apart) so I gave up. I'd have thought the RSBP would have made it a lot simpler as the important thing is people being able to spot rare birds and report them without absolute precise details of its location. Coincidentally, my neighbour also saw a white tailed eagle soaring over his house in Aubourn in June this year and he didn't bother reporting it for the same reasons either. It was an amazing site though!
Steve Massive Big Thank you Absoluteley Beautiful ❤❤❤ I love Rators WOW I shall come and visit to see White tailed Eagles around Arn Brownsea Island I sailed round that area spent many wonderful starry nights anchored off Brownsea listening to night Jars ,Tawney owls ,seals Beautiful Your amazing working so hard for white tailed Egles wildlife Thank you . Yvonne mullion Cornwall England
There has been a pair breeding near march in Cambridgeshire and aggressive one of them chased me and my son on motocross bikes, the next year there was three of them flying about
In covid we saw are 1st white tail in Kent while out on a walk near are local nature reserve . Iam no twitcher but God dam it was a sight. Amazing too see.
I'm positive I spotted on on the Notth East coast 2 years ago, can anyone confirm similair sightings? I understand this is meant ot be unlikely, but a large around 6-8 feet across wingspan and distinctive white tail were the main features of the bird. It had been resting in trees next to a grass clearing is surrounded by trees and less than 1 mile from a rocky shoreline with a strethch of 2 mile beach and deep water just off the rocks
As long as they don't attack humans its great. I was once attacked by a Buzzard as i was walking through a local wood and it wasn't a pleasant experience
Let’s guess… barsteward game keepers. With full knowledge and connivance of the money grubbing estates and heartless gentry and wannabe nouveau-aristos
Shouldn’t the general public be informed that: apex, hostile deadly predators are being bred and released in to out countrysides? Dog owners, toddlers in gardens, woodlands that sort of thing.
I wish these groups would concentrate on water quality, our rivers and seas are so depleted of fish and insects which are the basis of the food chain. They go straight to the apex predators and have to supplement feed them...
Hi Paul, despite once being widespread across the country, human persecution was unfortunately the cause. This project is key in reintroducing this iconic species to our Isles - Thank you.
I think this is wonderful. But would like to know how you will protect these birds from the shooting lot? I believe they already have killed and I worry they will again. I want you, the conservationist’s, to succeed not the money, orientated shoots.
I think the sheep farmers will be far more concerned than the shooting industry, big birds like these aren’t good in woodland environments & they are too slow & unwieldy to catch grouse. But it’s lambing time now & they are an easily caught defenceless prey which provides a lot more food for a big predator like this. It’s already happened many times, more releases will just result in greater losses of lambs & some long suffering sheep farmer facing bankruptcy may be tipped over the edge by this. No such releases should be permitted without adequate funding being first put in place to compensate those adversely affected by it in perpetuity. As ever these schemes are pushed through with no thought or consideration for those who have to suffer the consequences.
@@jonathanhicks140Absolutely dumb-arse to release these in inner country woodlands and moorlands. Just asking for the poor individual victims of such experiments to be killed. Stick to coastal areas (sans large wind farms).
@@harryflashman6828the Dorset Tory mp is a massive hunting / persecution supporting bellend, he’s already complained about the Isle of Wight’s wtes with opinions that are complete and utter rubbish, he’s saying it because he is desperately bumming the rich Tory land owners. Red kites are in a lot of counties that have decent mps who have brains.
The only problem is, like all Raptors in Great Britain, they will have a life-span of less than 3 - 5 years, because like many other Raptor species (Buzzards, Kestrels etc.) they will end-up as dead as doornails, at the base of an Electricity-generating Windmill! On Raptors alone, in my local Welsh Wind farm (820 wind-generators) I collect an average of 47 bodies weekly, from an overall total of 125.72 dead birds of all species! Across the length & breadth of my 40 sq. mile Windfarm, nothing, *but nothing,* survives a full 3 year period!
@@bordersw1239 ah! Touched a little nerve? sorry to disappoint I haven’t bought a paper in years! Due to Blacrocks domination of misinformation they spout surrounding the climate!!
See the comment above by steveallaker761 about the pair breeding near March in Cambridgeshire. March is in the centre of the Fens with probably the largest concentration of wind turbines in the country, so perhaps your hypothesis does not hold true.
In Denmark we had 123 breeding pairs in 2022 and 150 chicks successfully raised. 🦅🦅🇩🇰
Well done.
As of 2020 we have 150 breeding pairs in the UK. That number is now bigger of course
I grew up in Denmark, but have lived in the UK for nearly 30 years. The only place I have ever seen White Tailed Eagles is just outside my childhood village on visits to my parents. Quite special!!
Great news! Way back in the mid '70s a couple of us were walking in a remote part of the Rough Bounds of Knoydart when were astonished to see a pair of Sea Eagles hunting. So far as we knew, they had been extinct in Britain for 170 years. When we got home we called the RSPB to report this, and they asked us to keep it to ourselves. The first pairs had been brought from Norway and secretly released on the isle of Rum, across the Sound. It was an unforgettable experience watching them hunt against the background of the Small Isles.
So happy to see these birds finally return to England!
Can they be trained to eat Canada Geese? Please?
Great news! Seeing one alongside a magpie really helps appreciate their size 😮
Nice to see some good news regarding English wildlife, Eagles are truly beautiful and majestic animals and I hope they continue to return and thrive in their ancient home.
What a beautiful bird, congratulations on your quest to get these majestic creatures to breed.
It's really exciting to see this progress and hope they can be as successful as the Red Kites have been so far.
When Forestry England stops planting Sitka spruce across the land I'll believe they take wildlife and habitat protection seriously.
Indeed! Scotland has been destroyed by Sitka and Norweigan Spruce. And the future is bleak, as all the escapees from plantations mature. Scottish Woodlands buy up land everywhere they can, plant alien species, and devastate what is left of natural habitats. Criminal.
What is it? Why is it so bad?
@@sarahmaher6568 I wondered the same thing.
What I have discovered is that it is a non-native tree. Originally it came from the Pacific Northwest of North America. But, it has been planted in the UK for commercial reasons.
However, one of the negative impacts of this in terms of wildlife is Sitka spruce plantations often create dense, monoculture forests that support less biodiversity compared to native broadleaf woodlands.
The dense canopy limits light penetration, reducing the undergrowth and thus the variety of plants and animals that can thrive in these environments.
Sitkah spruce is fine when it’s not planted tightly packed in a monoculture plantation. A couple sitkahs in a broadleaf woodland although not native aren’t going to kill everything.
Fantastic work, it's so good to see our indigenous wildlife returning to our shores 👍🏼
Except that the countryside is a VERY different place from that which it was a few hundred years ago.
Magnificent creatures, I've seen one of the IoW birds flying over Sussex. It's a shame they keep turning up 'accidentally killed' on hunting estates in the South of England.
See them all the time now ! they really are huge its so nice to see.
I've been lucky enough to have that first chick come to my village, and even fly over my house! I've seen him catch several Pike so he is an excellent fisher already, there's no worry about him going without food if he can find a river or lake, or of course the sea.
I was lucky enough to see a white tailed eagle while on a canoeing trip in Scotland.
we were approaching a beach - with the intent to pitch tents for the night and an eagle took-off from a tree, flying past us
Life, finds a way ❤🦅 beautiful to see.
I live in Poole and have seen the pair that have established there. Seeing them in real life was amazing - so big!
My friend lives on a farm near to poole. Next to her is a farm. Something huge swooped down and killed one of the grey geese and took it. It was one of a pair. The other bird is extremely stressed and has now got to be locked away
Thanks
I’m sure I saw one fly over my garden in East Anglia a couple of years ago, it was very high up but even then it look enormous.I dashed in the house grabbed some binoculars but it was too far away to be properly identified by the time I got a chance to view it again. It had a slow wing flap and seemed to be heading roughly SW to NE, it was magnificent just wish I could have positively identified it. (Defo not buzzard, kite or heron)….deep joy.
IM.SO.FRICKIN.EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO SEE THEM
Fantastic news. I am really happy to hear this.
Thank you for all the work that you do, I for one appreciate it.
I live on the Isle of Wight and last year a big commotion in the sky above where I live near the River Medina , seagulls going frantic , because high above them a single sea eagle was flying above up the river , beautiful sight never forgotten 😊😊👍👍👍
Saw a juvenile on a telephone pole near Newlyn east golf course 20 years ago. It was the huge beak that surprised me, and I've never seen it since.
Great to see them in southern England,i go up to Mull at least once a year from London to see Eagles.I thought i saw one near Portsmouth a few weeks ago but wasn't 100% sure.Keep up the good work i need to have a day trip down to poole in the summer.
I believe there are a breeding pair on the Isle of Wight, I was lucky enough to see and actually scare one by accident down here in Cornwall.
I was walking over one of the carns (big hills) near Redruth and as I walked along a low hedge(stone wall boundary) a huge bird, at first I thought it was a heron took flight about 20 feet from where I was walking.
The under colour was nothing I had seen on a heron, buzzard or even kite and it was up and away before I had even time to try a get a picture, so I looked up all the birds of prey, shape of tail feather and under colour and found the white tail the only one to fit what I had seen.
I had a trip to Carmarthen soon after and they have a bird display in their Eden progect and asked about the white tail. They confirmed the eagles on the IOW patrol right over Devon and Cornwall up to South Wales. A lucky privilege on my part.
Mull is an incredible experience.
Absolutely wonderful! I follow live streams of Bald Eagles in the US, but also other eagles and Red-tailed Hawks, but it's so nice to have raptors in England and I do hope that, one day, we can have live cams too. Thank you very much for posting and the very best of luck with your project ❤
An inspiring project, as are all the projects that Roy lends his expertise to! It's been a joy to witness these birds once again flying free over the ancient woodland of the New Forest and the downlands of Cranborne Chase. Thank you Stephen and all the project team for bringing this dream to life.
I've seen one near the Yorkshire Wolds. Absolutely stunning birds
Big Big Thank you to everyone involved in bringing back white tailed Eagles i hope they come to The Lizzard Cornwall England ❤❤❤
Yvonne mullion Cornwall England
I would love to see an attempt at re-introducing the Large Tortoiseshell butterfly into our southern native woods. It has been left to several private individuals attempting this, with varying success, but not on the scale of operation needed. The large tortoiseshell, like other butterflies, are a "bottom of the food chain" species and has little impact on local ecosystems.
Fantastic work! This is amazing
Wonderful, I saw my first one, wild canoe camping in Scotland last autumn. Fantastic.
I want to see Golden Eagles back in the lakes and peak district.
Yorkshire moors & dales would be unbelievable
Fabulous work!
Seeing more Buzzards in South Yorkshire. Hope one day in my life the Eagles will be here too
I saw a white tailed eagle between the villages of Aubourn and Bassingham in Lincolnshire in a field with its prey then it flew off as my car got nearer, although I did see it return to its prey in my rear view mirror. This was in May '24. I went on the RSPB website to report it, but amongst the questions they asked me to enter one included the coordinates of where it was spotted. I had no idea, I just know it was half way between the 2 villages (about 2 miles apart) so I gave up.
I'd have thought the RSBP would have made it a lot simpler as the important thing is people being able to spot rare birds and report them without absolute precise details of its location.
Coincidentally, my neighbour also saw a white tailed eagle soaring over his house in Aubourn in June this year and he didn't bother reporting it for the same reasons either. It was an amazing site though!
I saw a pair this morning sitting in the trees behind my garden.
Bude Cornwall. plenty of geese here!
I've seen them in Suffolk, I couldn't believe my eyes the first time. I saw one being mobbed by buzzards, they looked tiny flying next to it
Steve Massive Big Thank you Absoluteley Beautiful ❤❤❤ I love Rators WOW I shall come and visit to see White tailed Eagles around Arn Brownsea Island I sailed round that area spent many wonderful starry nights anchored off Brownsea listening to night Jars ,Tawney owls ,seals Beautiful
Your amazing working so hard for white tailed Egles wildlife Thank you .
Yvonne mullion Cornwall England
Not too far from me, would love to see one ❤ It's one bird that can't be mistaken for anything else !
This is good news for all bird watchers and many others.
I've spotted a few in Wales and Gloucestershire such a beautiful sight
Great work!
Lovely video! Great to see the project is starting so well! Shot very well and informative ❤
I sore one in corby it flew right near my truck it was cool to see
Got really close to one on the west coast of the Isle of Lewis some years ago. Absolutely gob smacked me! What an impressive bird.
This is wonderful!!
Really good news - amazing !
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Awesome birds! Well done 👏👏👏
Fantastic! What beautiful birds ☺️
Excellent news. Still haven't managed to see one in the wild yet, hoping I might get lucky this summer on visits to the south coast and IoW.
I saw one on the top of Lymington river last year it flew low from the toll bridge up the reed beds.
Can't wait to see one in the wild myself
Brilliant ❤
There has been a pair breeding near march in Cambridgeshire and aggressive one of them chased me and my son on motocross bikes, the next year there was three of them flying about
An eagle riding a motorbike !!!!
😁
Sorry Steve, i couldn't resist
I saw a White Tailed Sea Eagle catch and eat a seagull on the Isle of Skye at Christmas. Fascinating birds.
Beautiful ❤
Great work, thanks
Great video folks.
In covid we saw are 1st white tail in Kent while out on a walk near are local nature reserve . Iam no twitcher but God dam it was a sight. Amazing too see.
Royal quality . Lakes. trees. fog . snow
This is amazing news, although I'd be somewhat concerned if they became as prolific as the red kite.
I would love to see one, one day!
I'm positive I spotted on on the Notth East coast 2 years ago, can anyone confirm similair sightings? I understand this is meant ot be unlikely, but a large around 6-8 feet across wingspan and distinctive white tail were the main features of the bird. It had been resting in trees next to a grass clearing is surrounded by trees and less than 1 mile from a rocky shoreline with a strethch of 2 mile beach and deep water just off the rocks
I saw one whilst paragliding at Minster on the Isle of sheppey a couple of years ago. I thought I was hallucinating
Just saw one today, Kent England
Do they compete with the Ospreys who’ve started breeding on Brownsea?
Excellent
Come to the Yealm, lots of fish, geese and space!
As long as they don't attack humans its great. I was once attacked by a Buzzard as i was walking through a local wood and it wasn't a pleasant experience
My Daughter saw a white tailed Eagle on Whitmore Common last week.
verry vbice action
This is very exciting I look forward to seeing one in person.
Brill!👍
Great news
Hi where can we watch these please.
We have seen it one the isle of wight a few times not long ago
Great. I'd be happy to donate if you had a YT Thanks button.
But how long before they are shot??.
We have one in Bradwell on sea
But its it good to have positive news, some light in a dark world. We have to live in the light. Go eagles.😂
I heard that two were found dead recently from the Isle of Wight colony. Do we know how they died?
Let’s guess… barsteward game keepers. With full knowledge and connivance of the money grubbing estates and heartless gentry and wannabe nouveau-aristos
Saw one outside Dorchester, almost crashed the car trying to see it!
Shouldn’t the general public be informed that: apex, hostile deadly predators are being bred and released in to out countrysides? Dog owners, toddlers in gardens, woodlands that sort of thing.
I wish these groups would concentrate on water quality, our rivers and seas are so depleted of fish and insects which are the basis of the food chain. They go straight to the apex predators and have to supplement feed them...
game keepers kill most of our birds of prey
A stupid question: why did they die out in this country? Were they haunted to extinction or was there another reason?
Hi Paul, despite once being widespread across the country, human persecution was unfortunately the cause. This project is key in reintroducing this iconic species to our Isles - Thank you.
breeding pair now in poole harbour
Scotland,England and Ireland reintroducing eagles,whats the story with wales because eagle's are native to wales to,but nothing on reintroducing?
I think this is wonderful. But would like to know how you will protect these birds from the shooting lot? I believe they already have killed and I worry they will again. I want you, the conservationist’s, to succeed not the money, orientated shoots.
I think the sheep farmers will be far more concerned than the shooting industry, big birds like these aren’t good in woodland environments & they are too slow & unwieldy to catch grouse. But it’s lambing time now & they are an easily caught defenceless prey which provides a lot more food for a big predator like this. It’s already happened many times, more releases will just result in greater losses of lambs & some long suffering sheep farmer facing bankruptcy may be tipped over the edge by this. No such releases should be permitted without adequate funding being first put in place to compensate those adversely affected by it in perpetuity. As ever these schemes are pushed through with no thought or consideration for those who have to suffer the consequences.
@@jonathanhicks140Absolutely dumb-arse to release these in inner country woodlands and moorlands. Just asking for the poor individual victims of such experiments to be killed. Stick to coastal areas (sans large wind farms).
Givin' Englands track record on predators, i don't expect them to last long!
Nice and positive then. Red kites are thriving, why not these beautiful eagles?
@@harryflashman6828the Dorset Tory mp is a massive hunting / persecution supporting bellend, he’s already complained about the Isle of Wight’s wtes with opinions that are complete and utter rubbish, he’s saying it because he is desperately bumming the rich Tory land owners. Red kites are in a lot of counties that have decent mps who have brains.
@@harryflashman6828they eat bigger prey. Lords and Ladies and Oligarchs and their terrier-festooned minions just don’t want the ‘competition’.
Great but what about people's cats and dogs being safe now?
Surely the eagles can feed themselves! ~? PS: I'm not a twitcher!
🦅👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Ahhh some good news for the UK, at last.
Hopefully less pigeons, we've got kites all over Rutland now see them near notts
White tail eagle took osprey chick today in Finland at nest 4# I understand it's a wild natural but don't like eagle anymore
I know of a settled pair on a loch but tell no one
and are you compensating the farmers when the eagles fly off with the lambs?
Wow😳👌👌👌🫡
Are White tailed eagles the same as Ospreys? I was always taught that this was the 'fish eagle'.
No. White tailed sea eagles are 8ft in wingspan fully grown. A osprey is just 5ft. White Sea eagles are massive
@@devidwobinson8747 Thank you. Great to know we have a larger diversity now than I knew of.
The only problem is, like all Raptors in Great Britain, they will have a life-span of less than 3 - 5 years, because like many other Raptor species (Buzzards, Kestrels etc.) they will end-up as dead as doornails, at the base of an Electricity-generating Windmill!
On Raptors alone, in my local Welsh Wind farm (820 wind-generators) I collect an average of 47 bodies weekly, from an overall total of 125.72 dead birds of all species! Across the length & breadth of my 40 sq. mile Windfarm, nothing, *but nothing,* survives a full 3 year period!
Are these birds a threat to other wildlife?? Our wildlife are having enough problems as it is.
Poor beggars have just got avoid the wind farms waiting to mash them!
Yeah, because cars, cats and windows never kill birds.
@@bordersw1239 sorry I didn’t expect to wake up a climate zealot🤮
@@DougRutter . Ah, I see facts aren’t important then, just spouting crap from the Express .
@@bordersw1239 ah! Touched a little nerve? sorry to disappoint I haven’t bought a paper in years! Due to Blacrocks domination of misinformation they spout surrounding the climate!!
See the comment above by steveallaker761 about the pair breeding near March in Cambridgeshire. March is in the centre of the Fens with probably the largest concentration of wind turbines in the country, so perhaps your hypothesis does not hold true.
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