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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Saturday 30 November 2013

119987 photographed

On 25 and 26 November a camera set up by David Anderson of the Forestry Commission on a carcass on the Cowal Peninsula photographed a golden eagle fitted with a satellite transmitter.  See the antenna?  Almost certainly this is 119987.  See the pictures below.



Movements of 119987 during 17-29 November 2013 on the Cowal Peninsula.



Friday 29 November 2013

119986, 119987, 119988, 120196, and 57109 during November 2013

119986


On 4 November 119986 was located near Tomintoul, on the 19th it made a move toward the SW and by 21 November it had moved to near Crainlarach.

Movements of 119986 during 4-21 November 2013.
119987

On 7 November 119987 was located near Ford at the south end of Loch Awe.  On the 14th it had moved to the Cowal Peninsula, west of Dunoon, where it remained until the end of the transmission period on 21 November.

Movements of 119987 during 7-21 November 2013.
119988

During the whole transmission period, 13-22 November, 119988 was located west of Brora and Helmsdale.

Movements of 119988 during 13-22 November 2013.
120196

120196 was located on 4 November north of Pitlochry. It moved SW and on 11 November was in the vicinity of Killin, it then moved east and by 21 November was located near Dunkeld.

Movements of 120196 during 4-21 November 2013.
57109

During the whole period (8-25 November), 57109 was located in the upland SE of Newtonmore and W of Braemar. This is an area frequented by a number of the eagles reported on in this blog. See earlier posts.

Movements of 57109 during 8-25 November 2013.