Conservationists celebrate after two white-tailed eagles successfully fledged one chick in Co Fermanagh, marking the return of these birds to Northern Ireland after a multi-generational absence.
Conservation ists are celebrating after white-tailed eagles bred in Northern Ireland for the first time for more than 150 years.
They were reintroduced to Ireland by the Golden Eagle Trust and National Parks and Wildlife Service between 2007 and 2011, with the aim of establishing a viable population. The two that have bred in Northern Ireland are just four years old and were released on the shores of Lough Derg, Co Tipperary in 2020, having been brought from Norway in phase two of the Irish reintroduction programme.
“From reviewing satellite data provided by NPWS we had an idea that the birds were nesting, but with young eagles nothing is guaranteed. I can’t describe the adrenalin rush the moment I saw the chick earlier this year and confirmed that the birds were not only nesting but had successfully reared a chick.”
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