24 white-tailed eagle chicks released into Ireland
24 White-Tailed Eagle Chicks Released in Ireland for Conservation
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24 White-Tailed Eagle Chicks Released in Ireland for Conservation
Twenty-four white-tailed eagle chicks were released around the country in August – including some in Killarney National Park – as part of an ongoing National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) programme to reintroduce this once extinct species.
The National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) has released 24 white-tailed eagle chicks around the country over the past week.
The chicks were released in locations around Lough Derg, the Shannon Estuary and the west of Ireland.
SCANNING Lower Lough Erne recently and picking out some tufted duck, mallard, and coot skulking secretively among the reeds, I imagined the prospect of seeing the magnificent fish-eating bird of prey, the osprey.