Sea Eagles between Poole and the Isle of Wight

[Sandy]

I understand that there are Sea Eagles on the Isle of Wight and this might explain what was spotted on passage between Poole and the Needles Lighthouse a few weeks ago. A raptor, perhaps a Sea Eagle, flying towards the Isle of Wight with a gull in its talons.

Has anybody see this sort of thing or know who to report it to. I'd be quite interested if this type of thing is common.

 

[johnalison]

I don’t know about that area, but our local county wildlife association encodes reports of sightings. I have seen an osprey at Newtown, so a positive identification would be required, though I think I have heard of white-tailed eagles coming south. You do get oddities sometimes, and I have even seen a common skua in the Channel on two occasions.

 

[2001pt]

There’s been a few articles on local BBC news recently. Here’s the most recent:

Sea eagles return after 10,000-mile journey - BBC News


Take a look at this website too. Quite a lot of information & also a section to report sightings:

White-tailed Eagle Reintroduction on the Isle of Wight - Roy Dennis Wildlife Foundation

 

[riverteign]

There are white tailed eagles in Poole harbour.

 

[ashtead]

Might the rspb branch on the island be a useful source of info on topic?

 

[Sandy]

Thanks all. I'll drop an email to the Roy Dennis Wildlife Foundation and will let you know if I find out anything.

 

[Tranona]

The re-introduction programme on the IOW has been going on for some time. The movement to Poole Harbour is recent and unfortunately one was found dead earlier this year. There is however a pair of Ospreys nesting somewhere around the harbour.

 

[Chiara’s slave]

Some friends of ours have photographed sea eaglesin Newtown Creek recently

 

[Sianna]

Yes we see them quite frequently on the Beaulieu River, they are bloody huge ?

 

[burgundyben]

They can often be spotted in the Newtown area, there's a very pleasant and helpful chap oftern in the bird hide at Newtown, he does bird walks and talks from time time, Jim Baldwin, he's on facebook. Generally people are coy about where they are roosting

 

[Sadlerfin]

I live on Hayling and one landed near me on the fields while out walking, amazing sight great work by all getting these beautiful creatures back in our sky

 

[Sandy]

UPDATE:

I've had an email back from the chap on the webpage. Apparently, Sea Eagles and Peregrines take gulls. Every day is a school day.

 

[Chiara’s slave]

UPDATE:

I've had an email back from the chap on the webpage. Apparently, Sea Eagles and Peregrines take gulls. Every day is a school day.

If they can tackle a herring gull, what do I do to encourage them to hang around us?

 

[Sandy]

If they can tackle a herring gull, what do I do to encourage them to hang around us?

I'd hate to think about the amount of guano they produce!

If I owned a dog I'd be worried.

 

[Chiara’s slave]

I'd hate to think about the amount of guano they produce!

If I owned a dog I'd be worried.

Do you need to pick up the poop from your pet eagle? Follow it around with a drone, maybe. Small price to pay compared to the herring gull nuisance here.

 

[Motor_Sailor]

The Sea Eagles from the Isle of Wight do travel long distances. They've been seen all over East Anglia including Holkam Bay in Norfolk.

The local 'Shooting Conservationists' were upset because they've managed to have the reintroduction of Sea Eagles stopped in Norfolk only to find the southern ones come up for weekend trips.

 

[Bilgediver]

There are white tailed eagles in Poole harbour.

Apparently there is a pair of Ospreys nesting in the vicinity of Poole Harbour for the first year in a very very long time. They commuted up from West Africa. Must be the posh waste at Sandbanks

 

[Tranona]

They starred on Breakfast this morning - catching fish in the harbour and feeding their 2 chicks. The nest is somewhere on the Arne nature reserve.

 

[alahol2]

This was in Newtown a couple of years back...


We saw another over Brownsea Island on Friday.
Massive birds. Most are still sub-adults so they are still growing.

 

[Chiara’s slave]

2 have just literally flown past our bedroom window, on the south Wight coast.