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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Tuesday 18 June 2013

11986, 11987, 11988, 120196 and 57109 during early June 2013

The ranging behaviour of the eagles was a bit mixed during early June.  Some moved within relatively restricted areas, while others traveled from central Scotland right up to the north coast.

11986

11986  (below) was located on 5 June in the Monadhliaths.  On 6 June it made a move, was located near Aviemore and kept going east spending 6-17 June in the uplands east of Ben Avon and NE of Braemar.
11986: 5 -17 June 2013
11987

11987 spent the whole period in north Kintyre.  On 4 June it was located NE of Ormsary and on 6 June it moved a short distance (about 3 km) to open ground W of Ellary. On 17 June in moved NE about 7 km toward Lochgilphead.

11987: 4-17 June 2013
11988

11988 was very mobile during the first half of June.  On 4 June it was located east of Kinlochleven near the Blackwater Reservoir, but later in that day it moved north to a location just west of Invergarry.  On 6 June it moved farther north to within about 3 km of Struy, but kept going to upland area east of Loch Broom.  On 7 June it was located west of Altnaharra, and by 9 June it was near the north coast of Scotland near Tongue.  From there it wandered east a bit until the 14th, then moved SE.  By the 17th it was in upland west of Kildonan Lodge.
11988: 4 -17 June 2013
120196

120196 moved within a fairly restricted area north of Blair Atholl.  Locations at the beginning and end of the period were only about 2 km apart.  During 5-8 June it did make a quick jaunt around the Cairngorms.
120196: 4-17 June 2013
57109

57109 was located between Loch Rannoch and Loch Ericht on 1 June.  On 3 June it moved to a location east of Dromocter, then on the 4th moved into the Cairngorms. On 7 June it moved to the Monadhliaths, and by 17 June it was located about 15 km SE of Dromnadrochit.
57109: 1-17 June 2013