It’s a girl!

Eagle Tagging in action

It's a girl! The Glengarriff white-tailed sea eagle chick was tagged on Thursday 18th June. At 9 weeks old, she's around the same size and weight as an adult. Females eagles are larger than males but this chick was particularly large at a whopping 6.8kg! Like all Irish-bred chicks she has an orange tag on her left wing. On her right wing the purple tag indicates 2020 (eagle chicks tagged elsewhere in the country this year have the same colour combination)....

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