This is a blog that features the movements of eagles reared in Scotland and fitted with satellite-received transmitters. This effort to better understand eagle dispersal is being undertaken by Natural Research and its partners: the Highland Foundation for Wildlife, the RSPB, SNH and the Scottish Raptor Study Groups. Eagles have been tracked since fledging and data from them will form part of a Natural Research funded PhD by Ewan Weston at Aberdeen University.

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Wednesday 28 November 2012

57109: 9 - 26 November 2012

57109 spent the period in an area it has been frequenting for some months.  Locations were concentrated, and even "excursions" were not to very distant locations.  Locations at the beginning and end of the period were < 1 km apart.

32867: 9 - 28 November 2012

Nothing much to report.  32867 spent the period wandering along a vaguely circular route, which began and ended on the east coast of the island.

Wednesday 7 November 2012

57109: 12 October - 4 November 2012

On 12 October 57109 was located about 15 km north of Calvine, where it ranged until 21 October.  On that date it crossed the A9 road and stayed for three days in an area SW of Dalwhinnie and E of Loch Ericht. On 24 October it moved back east over the A9 to upper elevations SW of Gaick Lodge, then moved SE back to the area where it was first located at the beginning of the period covered by the map above.  The pattern of movement seen in this map is very similar to what we have seen since at least August 2012.

32867: 21-30 October 2012

Throughout the entire period 32867 has stayed in an area just north of Tarbert, moving on both sides of the A859 road, which runs north through the middle of the island.  The movements of this eagle always included this part of the island, especially so since about July 2012.