Calluna’s transmitter is on its winter schedule giving just a few non-GPS locations on sunny days and Calluna remains in the North Angus glens.
Previous data is on the Raptortrack website www.raptortrack.org and I am slowly moving everything to this website and closing down raptortrack.
Agnes was north of Loch Monar on 13th – 15th December, by 19th she was in the upper Spey north of Garvamore, then in the upper Dulnan on 23rd and by 27th December back in Coignafearn.
Previous data is on the Raptortrack website www.raptortrack.org and I am slowly moving everything to this website and closing down raptortrack.
Roxy is ranging in her usual areas as well as spending time at her nesting site
Globe was in Assynt on 8th December and then moved south to the Ben Dearg area 17th to 21st and on to the Heights of Kinlochewe on 22nd – 29th December.
December 8th – 29th
Canisp’s transmitter is on winter time cycles and gave a non-GPS location between Rhiconich and Kinlochbervie on 27th December.
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
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.
Loyal was north of the Ben Griams 8th to 10th of December, and then moved to Borrobol and Armine to 17th December, when she flew east and spend the rest of the month ranging in all directions around Morven.
December 8th – 29th
Brodie continued to live in the upper Dulnan River valley throughout December, making one visit to her parents’ home range on December 21st.
Aquila has stayed with her parents throughout the autumn and into the winter, with a trip to the south side of Coignafearn and back on 15th September. She ranged further west to 12 km on 13th November and returned to the home range.
