Orla was ranging in the Monadhliaths through the summer but we lost contact in early September. No sure what has happened.
Stayed in the Monadhliath mountains
Living in the Monadhliaths
Off on her travels
Orla continued to range in Coignafearn and Glenmarkie to 15th April, when she flew south past south end of Larig Ghru at 5pm and roosted SE of Ben Avon, after her first day away from the Monadhliaths. She flew NE on 16th and was in Strathdon and Ladder Hills region 17th -20th April. On 20th she flew south to Ben a’Bhuird by 5pm and roosted that night in the Quoich pinewoods. She flew on south to Carn Bhac and then west to be just north of Blair Atholl at 5pm on 21st.
In the Monadhliaths
An exploratory flight
Orla has spent most of her time at Coignafearn, but on February 23 she flew south-east to Sgoran Dubh in the Cairngorms, next day she was at Glenfeshie and on 26 February at Gaich, later that day she flew north-west to the Monadhliaths and on 27 February returned to Coignafearn after a round trip of 100 km. On 13th March she was in the Farr Road area.
No change
At Coignafearn
Orla has spent most of the time on Coignafearn but transmitter has not been giving GPS data because of shortage of sunlight.
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Summary of activity in 2015
Orla was a much more independent eaglet than her sister Aquila. She was 16 km west of home range on 24th September and her last stay at her natal range was 8th October. On 13th October she was at Garrogie, 15th October at Carn Liath and has spent most of her time in the upper Dulnan and north to Coignafearn. She made one brief return flight to her parents’ home range on 13th November.
Orla
This young female eaglet was ringed and satellite tagged at its nest on Strathspey Estates near Boat-of-Garten on 26th June 2015, with her older sister Aquila. When tagged it was well grown with a wing length of 405mm and a weight of 5.9 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), Calluna and Mackay which are ranging as younger eagles in the CairngormsNational Park, and last year’s eaglet Brodie in the Monadhliaths. She is named Orla after the Irish for golden princess.