WHITE TAILED EAGLE - 3rd April 11

Graham Catley · **Joined:** Tue Dec 28, 2004 11:20 pm **Posts:** 1667

Which must mean that the bird seen two weeks previously when this bird was still in Hampshire was not one and the same

George Bishop · **Posted:** Tue Apr 05, 2011 9:47 am

What a day 03/04 turned out to be!

In 1999 an immature was recorded at Cley on 21 Nov and remained in Norfolk until the end of the year if my memory serves me correctly. It was widely believed to have been the immature seen in Yorkshire in mid October a month earlier. It became the first long-staying individual since the Broadland bird in November/December 1990.

I have no intention of getting into the "logicality" of Graham Catleys comments about such times as 15.00 Brancaster followed by 15.30 Donna Nook save to say that by my calculations 40 miles in 30 minutes is an average of 80mph so I too would suggest such a time interval was highly unlikely.

However all this sillyness aside, the prospect would excite many of us if it stayed around for a few more days. Such a large vagrant with vulturine appearance when soaring is not an every day occurrence in Lincolnshire. It would certainly set me up for 2011 and many others in the County I'm sure.

Regards

George

John Lusby · **Posted:** Tue Apr 05, 2011 8:08 pm

it looks like it was that the same bird was at donna hook around time a said that i got a phone call to go to manby then to the coast . i must knot put my phone on a hour thats why i did knot see it myself . good photo . john lusby

James Siddle · **Joined:** Mon Aug 07, 2006 7:40 am **Posts:** 289

There were three of us scanning from different locations at Donna Nook from the time the bird was still in view by Chris Heaton et al. I was certainly still scanning the skies at 3pm.

None of us picked it up although even a bird that size could have obviously eluded us if it had passed through DN airspace at great height.

James

Katherine Birkett · **Posted:** Wed Apr 06, 2011 2:37 am

I will maintain vigilance in Boston by carrying out Eagle Patrols every 15 minutes during daylight hours!

:mrgreen:

Andrew Chick · **Posted:** Wed Apr 06, 2011 2:58 pm

I was working in Norfolk yesterday, so made an attempt to see the bird in the afternoon. I found a spot near Langham and stood and waited with another birder who was already camped out there. Several other birders stopped and asked if we had seen the bird. Following the pager messages the bird MUST have past within 5 km's of us, BUT we never saw it.... There were lots of buzzards soaring yesterday, which got the heart racing......

My advice is that this isn't an easy bird to twitch!

Andrew

David Jenkins · **Joined:** Wed Oct 25, 2006 7:13 am **Posts:** 240

Wed 6th 14.50- Re- Birdguides

Seen to fly out over the sea back towards Lincs.
Appeared to make landfall, "south of Skegness"

David

David Jenkins · **Joined:** Wed Oct 25, 2006 7:13 am **Posts:** 240

Wed 6th 14.50- Re- Birdguides

Seen to fly out over the sea ( from Norfolk ) back towards Lincs.
Appeared to make landfall, "south of Skegness"

David

Roy Harvey · **Joined:** Thu Dec 30, 2004 10:23 pm **Posts:** 956

News from RBA - at 2.50 p.m today the WTE was seen to fly from Holme in Norfolk and land in Lincs. just south of Skegness.
Have alerted Kev and Nige.

PS. Nige called back, the bird has been seen fron Gib heading inland over Croft Marsh at about 3.30 p.m.
PPS. Another call, this time from Kev who had just missed seeing it but confirmed staff at Gib had seen the bird perched on a ridge at Greenshank Creek before watching it flying inland, it could be heading for the Wolds?

Roy

Chris Grimshaw · **Posted:** Wed Apr 06, 2011 4:26 pm

What the hell was I doing wasting my time at Boultham Mere this morning when I could have been at my second home Gib or even Willingham by Stow where there has been a Red Footed Falcon reported - curses and more curses and not available tomorrow either

Edmund Mackrill · **Posted:** Wed Apr 06, 2011 4:58 pm

Monica and I had excellent views of the the Eagle as it flew inland low over seacroft golfcourse from the beach at about 15:30. It appeared to be heading nw with the wind helping it along but we soon lost sight of it. As we were on our bikes we couldn't chase it neither could we relocate it - still, a very nice green tick for lincs!!

Katherine Birkett · **Posted:** Wed Apr 06, 2011 7:58 pm

On the very day Dad was unable to give me a lift anywhere, it comes closest to Boston on its wanderings!!!!! #-o

This has left a bitter taste in the mouth, AND I am unable to go anywhere tomorrow in any event as I have voluntary work at Pilgrim Hospital Radio to do in the afternoon!

DOUBLE #-o

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Kev Wilson · **Posted:** Wed Apr 06, 2011 8:44 pm

Seems like the bird was lost from view because it was flying so low - I expected to see at least a distant speck when I arrived a short while after the bird had flown over the golf course but there was no sign - not even a trail of irate corvids or spooked pigeons.

As far as I know, other than Ed and Monica scanning on thier way home, no-one else went out to look to the west of Gib. The eagle could have landed in a field - I would have expected it to have gained height and become more visible if it was heading towards the Wolds

Kev

John T Goy · **Joined:** Tue Dec 28, 2004 11:30 pm **Posts:** 2385

Reading all the reports is very exciting :!:

There is fat chance I'll get to see it unless it comes nearer to Scunny. All this whets my appetite when I know I will definately see them in a less than a couple of months in Scotland :wink:

John

Roy Harvey · **Joined:** Thu Dec 30, 2004 10:23 pm **Posts:** 956

The birds was reported to be back in Norfolk at noon today - seen at Brancaster

Roy

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