“The island’s white-tailed eagles are having a mixed season so far. A fuller blog on the season overall will follow later this summer but for now this is just to update you on Scalla and Anna, the pair of sea eagles we have focussed on at Mull Eagle Watch in recent years. They nest overlooking …
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It’s a case of good news and less good news just now. First, the good news! Our resident sea eagles Scalla and Anna at Craignure Golf Course fledged a single chick this year. They originally hatched two chicks but one sadly died after 10 days. The chick was ringed in June and fledged in August …
The partnership which runs the award winning Mull Eagle Watch project (Mull & Iona Community Trust, RSPB Scotland, Scottish Natural Heritage & Police Scotland) has taken the decision to postpone indefinitely the opening of this year’s Mull Eagle Watch in light of Government advice regarding the current coronavirus pandemic. The situation will be kept under …
Alas, the eagles have gone on a journey. After weeks of watching Scalla and Anna training their young eaglet in the nearby bay. We have had countless up close and personal experiences with the young eaglet. In particular as it soared past us a quite a close proximity multiple times in recent tours. Clearly figuring …
What an incredible time here at Mull Eagle Watch. Our chick is now nearly 16 weeks old and has finally fledged. Yet to be named, the youngest eaglet on Mull, took it’s first leap at 13 weeks. In the initial stages we were witnessing a great deal of flapping in the nest. Stretching and preparing …
The end of July is nigh. Scalla and Anna – our resident eagles here at Mull Eagle Watch have a 12-week-old chick in the nest and it is just about ready to start learning to fly. White tailed eagle young are generally ready to fledge, or take their first flight, by 10-12 weeks of age. …
Well we are halfway through the season! Hard to imagine that it’s already been three months since the day that Mull Eagle Watch opened. The chick at this stage is nine weeks old. So we should hopefully be witnessing the chick regularly flapping its newly formed wings… measuring up to 2 meters! Absolutely incredible. We …
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The last few weeks have been without a doubt the most interesting so far here at Mull Eagle Watch! Last week we had the crew here on Mull ringing all the chicks. So far we have 14 chicks between 22 breeding pairs on the island. The resident pair Scalla and Anna have raised their chick …
So we are 10 weeks into the season and we have had many incredible sights of the pair of resident eagles Scalla and Anna (or Scallana) here at Craignure golf club soaring through the sky perched together proudly on the old Scots Pine. We have noticed an exponential growth with the adorable young eaglet. The …
After a very stressful week last week, I think an update on our beautiful birds is in order! The weather conditions were perfect which was good news for our little chick. We can now confirm there is one little fluffy head in the nest! Anyone any ideas for a name? While everything has been perfect …
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