WHITE TAILED EAGLE - 3rd April 11

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

Myself and Chris Heaton were stood on the Lincs Wolds at Little Cawthorpe, mainly looking at displaying Common Buzzards when at 12.30 a juv White tailed Eagle flew low over us heading towards Manby, then the coast. We watched it for around 8 minutes. Chris called DS who managed to race and see the bird at some distance by then.
I did take a digiscope image of the bird, but this isn't easy when the bird is several hundred feet above you!

That is what I call a good day, makes up for all the days without finding anything.

This is my 2nd WT Eagle for Lincs having seen the wintering bird leave Oxcombe Valley several years ago, before been seen at Kirkby and later on that day in Derbyshire.

David Jenkins

Phil Hyde · **Posted:** Sun Apr 03, 2011 4:38 pm

Excellent Dave et al. Presumably the same bird was reported over over Titchwell at 2.55 then Brancaster at 3pm

Phil

Andrew Chick · **Posted:** Sun Apr 03, 2011 7:58 pm

And then at:

Norfolk East Ruston 16:49
Norfolk Stalham 16:53
Norfolk Martham 17:08
Norfolk Ormesby St. Margaret
Norfolk East Somerton

What a great find, and to be able to track its progress across Norfolk afterwards...

Well done!

Andrew

John Lusby · **Posted:** Sun Apr 03, 2011 9:12 pm

i got a phone call today this was about in the area so this afternoon i whent to manby it see if it was there i did knot see it but it was seen at donna hook at 330pm flying around by one of the wardens from the trust he rung me time i got from manby to donna hook it had gone . better look next time john lusby .thanks for the call dean .

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

1500 Brancaster 1530 Donna Nook does not sound logical?

Nick Clayton · **Posted:** Sun Apr 03, 2011 10:17 pm

Graham Catley wrote:

1500 Brancaster 1530 Donna Nook does not sound logical?

15:55 West Runton!

Phil Hyde · **Posted:** Mon Apr 04, 2011 6:34 am

That leaves the 2 bird theory then !

Phil

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

More to the point, this much have been the same eagle sp that Chris had seen the week before, so was somewhere, in the Lincolnshire Wolds ! ( all week or even all winter )

Will try and post a photo later today...

David

Colin Smale · **Posted:** Mon Apr 04, 2011 3:56 pm

Sounds like there is sudden agreement that it really does exist then. Just to prove it it's blogged off to Norfolk, done a "hello" fly-by and heading back....I wonder if it's coming back to same spot in the wolds? :roll:

Phil Espin · **Posted:** Mon Apr 04, 2011 4:56 pm

There has been a juv for the last few months in Hampshire that was last reported there on 24 March. Could be the same bird perhaps but the Eagle report at Burwell was 19 March according to Birdguides when the Hampshire bird was still down there.

Its heading back west along the North Norfolk coast at the moment so hopefully the guys at Gib are waiting for it.

Katherine Birkett · **Posted:** Mon Apr 04, 2011 5:07 pm

I'll put Dad on 'Mobilisation Alert' if it does!

Kev Wilson · **Posted:** Mon Apr 04, 2011 6:47 pm

There were a few raptors on the move here this morning including a rough legged buzzard, but I've only just heard about the eagle at 1845 so its probably already been over us (again !?)

Kev

Andrew Chick · **Posted:** Mon Apr 04, 2011 9:02 pm

David's image is attached below.....

What a bird!!!

Dean Eades · **Posted:** Mon Apr 04, 2011 9:51 pm

VERY NICE

Andrew Chick · **Posted:** Mon Apr 04, 2011 10:07 pm

This looks like our bird (?) - Blackland's Farm, Newnham, Basingstoke, Hampshire - February 2011.

See - http://www.digitalwildlife.co.uk/birds/ ... deagle.htm shows the same bird - look at the chopped "6th finger" on the left wing.... (thanks to Alan Lewis (?) on the birdforum.net for pointing this out)

Andrew

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