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  • 14-08-2014 2:48pm
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    junospider
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    Heading to Mountshannon tomorrow,any chance of seeing he eagles?


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    Capercaille
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    https://www.facebook.com/pages/Mountshannon-White-Tailed-Sea-Eagles/457101757698020?fref=ts
    The link is the Facebook page for the Mountshannon Sea-Eagles. The chick has fledged now, but the parents would still be feeding it. Ask on the Facebook page if they are still there.


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    emo72
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    im heading over that area soon. is there any eagles there? i had a quick google and it looks like a pair of them died last year sadly. id love to see them again.


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    Birdnuts
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    emo72 wrote: »
    im heading over that area soon. is there any eagles there? i had a quick google and it looks like a pair of them died last year sadly. id love to see them again.

    2 died of bird flu last year including the breeding female - I believe the Male is still in the area


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    bogman
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    Latest news here

    http://www.mountshannoneagles.ie/


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    a148pro
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    There were a pair nesting on garnish island near Beara peninsula about 3 years ago, unbelievably large in person, though the tag on them slightly took from the wonder of seeing them. Anyone know are they still there?


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    cameramonkey
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    Is there any news on breeding from 2018?


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    emo72
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    I'm here right now. Nothing to report.

    Edit... It was a cold windy day. The observation deck with scopes isn't there anymore. Nothing really happening at all. Maybe it's the time of year. Anyway, hopefully something develops this year.


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    fryup
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    ^^^^^^^^^

    that observation hut is usually set up during spring/summer


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    snowstreams
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    My father & brother saw a dead eagle on the side of a road near Drogheda at the weekend.
    It looked like it had been feed on a dead pheasant when it got hit by a car.

    The body was then collected by someone because it was gone 30 minutes later when they came back with a camera!

    Im hoping it wasnt one of the wild ones.
    They stated that the talons were about the size of their hands so thats how I've ruled it out as being a buzzard.

    I wasn't aware of any eagles living in that area of the country so i was wondering if it was an escapee from Newgrange falconry centre.


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    fred funk }{
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    snowstreams wrote: »
    My father & brother saw a dead eagle on the side of a road near Drogheda at the weekend.
    It looked like it had been feed on a dead pheasant when it got hit by a car.

    The body was then collected by someone because it was gone 30 minutes later when they came back with a camera!

    Im hoping it wasnt one of the wild ones.
    They stated that the talons were about the size of their hands so thats how I've ruled it out as being a buzzard.

    I wasn't aware of any eagles living in that area of the country so i was wondering if it was an escapee from Newgrange falconry centre.

    More than likely a Buzzard.


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    snowstreams
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    Buzzards are very common in that area & thats the first thing I said to them.
    But they are insistent on the size of it and they have seen buzzards before.

    Ive reported it to goldeneagle.ie just in case.
    I didnt see any sightings of eagles on irishbirding.ie in the area recently so maybe it was just a buzzard.
    A scottish eagle was seen in the area in 2016 though.


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