In July 2007, we fitted a GPS radio transmitter on a golden eagle chick at Glenfeshie Estate in the Cairngorms National Park as part of a conservation project to try to examine the cultural behaviour of eagles and to research the home-range use of the Cairngorms and surrounding mountains by a young eagle bred in the area. It was a young female and she was named Alma by Glenfeshie Estate.

Using high quality GPS data collected at hourly intervals we have followed her for nearly two years and learnt huge amounts about her first years of life. This was the first time a high quality GPS radio was used successfully to track an eagle in Scotland and our website showing the daily travels of Alma has been enthusiastically received. If Alma and her radio transmitter survive for three years where will she settle down to breed - it is very exciting to move into the third year of her life.

Click onto the appropriate pages to find out about her in 2007, 2008 and 2009.