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Athlone White Tailed sea eagle.

  • 20-04-2018 10:17pm
    #1
    ODubhain82
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 149 ✭✭


    Just thought someone might be interested to hear I spotted
    what could only be a white tailed sea eagle today in Athlone.
    It passed over the train station car park as it was being mobbed
    by what looked like terns to me.
    The eagle was an awesome sight and huge. It dwarfed its attackers.
    Anyway it disappeared to the south still being pursued.


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  • #2
    whyulittle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,878 ✭✭✭whyulittle


    Cool.

    I've had two sightings around town over the past few weeks, where despite not getting a great view either time, I couldn't put it down as anything else other than a WTSE.


  • #3
    ODubhain82
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 149 ✭✭ODubhain82


    Hopefully theres more than 1 so.
    They must be one of the most identifiable birds we have. At first I thought it was a buzzard but then realised it was way bigger and then notuced the white tail feathers.


  • #4
    [Deleted User]
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    It will be shot or poisioned.


  • #5
    pawrick
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    It will be shot or poisioned.
    The pair of buzzards I had near my home for the past 3 years have disappeared, noticed around the time of the snow that I hadnt seen them about in a while. I hope this didn't happen to them. They could often be seen around town also. Last year they appeared to have successfully fleged one chick as I saw three flying around and possibly the year before also but not certain if there were two or three that time.


  • #6
    [Deleted User]
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    Cruelty is all too common in Ireland so anything is possible.


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  • #7
    Ultimate Seduction
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,464 ✭✭✭Ultimate Seduction


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    It will be shot or poisioned.

    Why?


  • #8
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 21,179 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Because it's happened before and will happen again that Farmers kill birds and animals for no reason at all or they deem them a nuisance or for fun or because they can.


  • #9
    dodderangler
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    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    Because it's happened before and will happen again that Farmers kill birds and animals for no reason at all or they deem them a nuisance or for fun or because they can.

    More so gun clubs prîcks than farmers. Real honest farmers won't ever be bothered by birds of prey. Only the ones idiotic enough to listen to tell tales of birds of prey in the pub.


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