A giant white-tailed eagle reintroduced to the Isle of Wight has flown 29 miles across the Channel to France in just 40 minutes.
Known as the flying barn door due to their huge size, seven juvenile white-tailed sea eagles were restored to the island last summer as part of a five-year project.
One of them, a young male identified as G463, travelled between Dungeness and Boulogne-sur-Mer at around 1pm yesterday.
He then flew a further 105 miles (169km) through northern France before stopping near Saint-Quentin, according to his tracker.
White-tailed sea eagles which have a wingspan of up to 8ft (2.4m), had not been recorded in England since 1780 when they were hunted to extinction.
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