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By Lucy Morgan Audience and Content Editor Chief, the White-tailed Sea Eagle, will work with facloner Charlie Rolle at Robin Hill. A ten-month-old White-tailed Sea Eagle has joined the team at Isle of Wight attraction Robin Hill, in time for the park to reopen on May 19. Called Chief, the huge bird of prey is being trained by 22-year-old Charlie Rolle, one of the UK’s youngest qualified falconers. Chief joins a team of over 30 birds and will play a key role in educating visitors to the park at Downend, near Arreton. Robin Hill falconer Charlie said, “It has been my childhood dream to train a White-tailed Sea Eagle.
Ventnor Harbour. COULD Ventnor's problematic seaweed be put to good use — saving taxpayers up to £87,000 per year? A study is going to look at options to turn the seaweed into something useful, instead of it being pumped over the harbour wall. The seaweed is problematic because it smells, and it costs £87,420 per year to shift it away from Ventnor Haven. A united effort between Ventnor town councillor Colm Watling, IW Council member for Ventnor, Gary Peace, and the Isle of Wight Council, has secured European funding for a project to assess the options for creating a sustainable treatment solution. Cllr Watling, an engineer, said: "Clearing seaweed in the Haven is one part of the very complex jigsaw of making Ventnor Haven sustainable, both economically and environmentally.