#White-tailed eagle

[michaelnordeman]

This might not be the best picture, but I still wanted to share it. Just 20 years ago, the White-tailed Eagle/havsörn was extinct in this area. Thanks to Projekt Havsörn, initiated in the 1970s by the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation, this magnificent and majestic bird can now be spotted here quite regularly. Today, during a walk, we saw two of them, and it made me so happy! Värmland, Sweden (November 24, 2024).

[besidethepath]

Majestic

I saw one from the road and then five (!) sea eagles from a hide. What a sight!

[aticketplz]

スリーピースバンドやん

(たぶん親子)

多摩動物公園

The promotion photo of a three-piece band

(It's really a photo of parents and child)

Tama Zoological Park

[sitting-on-me-bum]

Sea eagles, including the white-tailed eagle pictured above, prey on salmon and mackerel, as well as ducks and seabirds. They sometimes eat lambs.

Photo by Colin Black/Alamy Stock Photo

[dansnaturepictures]

Ten of my favourite photos taken in January 2025 and month summary

The photos are of; Firecrest at Lakeside Country Park, Whooper Swan with Mallards, Shelduck, Greylag Goose and Coot and Ruff with a Mallard at WWT Martin Mere, Great Crested Grebes and chicks at Lakeside, Fox at Pennington, teasel seed heads and willow bracket fungi at Lakeside, sunset at Southport, sun shining through trees at Lakeside and view at Toyd Down.

I had a swashbuckling start to my birdwatching year this month. We had an amazing week off filled with brilliant birdwatching centring on the amazing trip to the north west to visit WWT Martin Mere where between there and Southport where we stayed immersive scenes of masses of Whooper Swans, pristine Pink-footed Geese, Ruffs, Black-tailed Godwits, Lapwings, many Shelducks, Pintails, Pochard, Water Rail, Cetti’s Warbler, Reed Bunting, Snow Bunting, Marsh Harriers a star throughout the month, Fieldfare and Great Spotted Woodpecker were splendid to observe. Treecreeper was seen too a bird I had a phenomenal start to the year for seeing spotting them at a few locations and fabulous Firecrest and stylish Siskins were another two bright birds I enjoyed smashing views of at home especially on patch at Lakeside Country Park. A remarkable five grebe species spotted in the space of six days including stunning views of Black-necked Grebe, Red-necked Grebe and Slavonian Grebe, dashing ducks rarities Scaup and Green-winged Teal, fantastic views of a rare Lesser Yellowlegs and fine Barn Owl views were other highlights down south. Also starring in the very first days of the year and during the week off were Cattle Egret, Spoonbill and Glossy Ibis, Sanderling, Purple Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, Ringed Plover, Grey Plover, Golden Plover, Spotted Redshank, Snipe, Great Northern Diver, Guillemot, Common Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, Kingfisher, Goldcrest, Bullfinch, Greenfinch and Green Woodpecker.

As the month went on I was stunned to see majestic White-tailed Eagle and Long-eared Owls over one extraordinary weekend with Raven, fine Black Redstart and Red-legged Partridge seen too, Grey Partridge and Corn Bunting were fantastic farmland birds to see, Redwing was a great bird to see at Lakeside and the Peregrine pair of Winchester were special to see in the new year. Notable locally also was the extraordinary scene of a Great Crested Grebe pair with adorable humbug chicks already and some movements towards courtship and breeding for others around in our ever-changing world. I really enjoyed doing the RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch again this month with Woodpigeon, Blue Tits, Goldfinches and numerous Starlings among the key species I saw. I also enjoyed seeing Grey Wagtail, Redpoll, Ring-necked Parakeet and Little Grebe this month. I’ve been lucky to see an extraordinary amount of birds this month competing well with the numbers my very best past year lists have ended January on.

I started my mammal year well too with fantastic Fox views at Pennington, Sika Deer in Dorset on the way to Weymouth and Portland, Brown Hares and Common Seals in Langstone Harbour key sightings and good views of Roe Deers and Grey Squirrels. I saw some impressive spiders at home and a few Grey Silverfish. There were some interesting plants around with red campion, red deadnettle, white deadnettle, petty spurge, annual mercury, yarrow, ivy, periwinkle, cow parsley, groundsel, gorse, daisy, dandelion, hazel catkins, violet, winter heliotrope, winter aconite, crocus and snowdrops and daffodils hinting of spring pretty species seen flowering. Seed heads including teasel, wild carrot, old man's beard and fleabane, cuckoo-pint and thistle leaves and firethorn and privet berries and rose hips were other appealing plant sights this month. Moss and lichen including fairnose cartilage lichen were good to see. There were some great fungi moments with turkey tail and scarlet elf cups enchanting the woods of Blashford Lakes and willow bracket and birch polypore at Lakeside.

I got to take in some stunning landscapes this month including headland, beach and other coast, wetland and marsh, lakes, river, farmland, heathland and woodland and winter gripped the landscape at times from icy and frosty scenes to dramatic blustery weather. There were some stunning winter sunsets especially in Southport and the New Forest and addictive views of the moon with Mars beside at one point which I thoroughly enjoyed taking in.

[dogwise]

White-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla)

[wildlifegermany]

Vorzgsweise erbeutet der Seeadler Fische, die sich nah an der Wasseroberfläche aufhalten. Darüber hinaus zählen aber auch Säugetiere, Vögel und Aas zu seinen Hauptnahrungsquellen. Obwohl er in erster Linie kranke oder schwache Tiere erbeutet, kann dieses Kraftpaket Fische bis zu einem Gewicht von fünf Kilogramm und Vögel bis Graugansgröße überwältigen.

The White-tailed Eagle prefers fish that are close to the water surface. However, mammals, birds and carrion are also among its main food sources. Although it preys primarily on sick or weak animals, this powerhouse can overpower fish weighing up to five kilograms and birds up to the size of gray geese.

[girlinlovewiththeforest]

White-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla)

[nature-nerd-sarah]

Posting birds until I hit post limit: White-tailed eagle

[ifelten]

Havørn (Haliaeetus albicilla)

White-tailed Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla)

[priestess-of-the-north-west]

Photo by Dan Russon on Unsplash  

[michaelnordeman]

White-tailed eagle/havsörn. Värmland, Sweden (January 1, 2019).

[goldmanguyperson]

huge white tailed eagle fan. powdered sugar birds

they look a lot like bald eagles because theyre very closely related. they call them a “species pair” because they share the same most recent common ancestor in their genus. but this bird lives across eurasia (and also greenland for some reason)! primarily in russia actually! I really like them and their young are cute <3 i love eagles

(image sources/credit: image one, image two, image three is by Marc Engler, image four from https://community.rspb.org.uk/ourwork/b/scotland/posts/cairngorms-connect---eagle-update (link refuses to work normally)

[sitting-on-me-bum]

In Scotland, the reintroduction of white-tailed eagles has revealed a fundamental truth about rewilding efforts.

Photo by Michael Eaton/Shutterstock

[dansnaturepictures]

18/01/2025-Mallow leaves, views and stunning White-tailed Eagle, Black Redstart and Red-legged Partridge at Calshot and view looking down a channel of water and scentless mayweed at Lepe.

The White-tailed Eagle was a sensational sighting, it's the first time since the Isle of Wight reintroduction programme beginning that I've managed to see one of them in Hampshire having seen them on boat trips in Dorset and on the Isle of Wight a few times as well as being lucky to see them in Scotland including Mull over the last few years and seeing one that turned up in Hampshire in 2011 years before the reintroduction. Today I think managing to see one just on a relatively local Saturday afternoon walk brought it home that hopefully in years to come these magnificent birds will be a more common sight in the south of England which feels me with optimism.

I was also thrilled to see my first Raven of the year, Great Black-backed Gull, Red-breasted Merganser, mallow leaves and wild carrot seed heads at Calshot. Marsh Harrier, Pied Wagtail, Bullfinch, Wren, gorse and thistle leaves were good to see at Lepe with Brent Geese at both and Blue Tits enjoyed at home on a special day which will live long in the memory for me.

[anirobot]

No, eihän sitä aina voi olla kaikkein kuvauksellisimmillaan?

White-tailed eagle - Wikipedia