Globe was living in North Inverness glens and Strathconon until 24th when flew back north to Canisp in Assynt
August 8th to 27th
Wander south to Hart Fell
September 1, 2014
Roxy had a trip away from the usual areas on 25th/26th August, when she flew down to the Hart Fell for the night and then back home
Back to Assynt after long absence
September 1, 2014
Suilven was in usual haunts in Easter Ross and SE Sutherland until 25th August, when he flew back to Assynt and on to Glendhu area
August 8th to 27th
Lost contact – probably transmitter problems
August 15, 2014
106 flew south from the Fannichs to the south side of Glen Orrin on 27th June and transmissions in July suggested the transmitter might have fallen off. I am very grateful to Warwick Lister Kaye for making the long walk to the GPS locations. He did not find the transmitter (a bit like looking for a needle in a haystack – especially as the weather was so bad that he was in cloud) but more importantly there was no sign of a dead eagle or its remains. 106 was four years old, and the transmitter harness is sewn with a pure cotton weak point so that it falls off at the end of its useful life (5 years or so) but this one seems to have fallen off at four years. Sadly we did not follow her until she found a breeding site. In fact at four years of age she was still ranging widely – just indicates how difficult it is for the sub-adults to find a nest in areas where eagle home ranges are full. So they have to delay age of first breeding until they replace an old bird.
Almost certainly killed in territory battle
August 15, 2014
Reay continued to range back and for in his usual Wester Ross haunts and then it was clear that he had stopped moving in the Kintail area in mid summer. I am very grateful to Rule Anderson, a member of the Highland raptor study group, who checked out the location and found the carcase. There was no evidence of foul play but interestingly it was only 400 metres from an active eagle nest containing one well grown eaglet on 3rd July. It looks very likely that Reay had been killed by the territorial male of this nest. It shows the dangers that sub adult eagles have in finding a nesting site in areas where the population of adult pairs is full.
Not settled down yet
August 15, 2014
July 16th to August 9th
The male 107 has been ranging widely in the Caithness Flows as well as south towards Kinbrace in Sutherland
Living in North-West Sutherland
August 15, 2014
In July Canisp ranged Loch Choire, Ben Hope and Cape Wrathside, and continues to move around those areas
July 17th to August 6th
Ranging in the east of the North Highlands
August 15, 2014
Suilven seems have forgotten the Assunt area and in July spent her time in Easter Ross north into Oykell area; she continued to range in this area – 380 square km
July 17th to August 9th
Ranging in the Borders
August 15, 2014
Roxy ranged widely after failing to breed this summer and was using about 19 square km in early July and then 32 square km in early August
Ranging throughout Sutherland
August 15, 2014
Globe has been down in the Ardgay area but also north to Durness, and more recently in the North Inverness glens
July 20th to August 7th
