This young female eaglet was ringed and satellite tagged at its nest on Strathspey Estates near Boat-of-Garten on 26th June 2014. When tagged it was well grown with a wing length of 395mm and a weight of 5 kg. This eaglet’s parents are a very successful pair which generally rear one or two young in their eyries built in old Scots pines. Previous tagged eaglets from this nest include Cullen (which moved to breed in East Aberdeenshire) and Calluna and Mackay which are ranging as younger eagles in the Cairngorms National Park. This eaglet was featured in the newsletter of Seafield and Strathspey Estates, which led to it being sponsored by the prestigious Edinburgh law firm of Brodies LLP. We are very grateful to Brodies for supporting our conservation work and we have named the eaglet Brodie. Brodie stayed with her parents until late in the winter and is only now started to branch out on her own, as her parents start a new breeding season.
Brodie on ringing day
