National Litter Awareness Campaign: We're always delighted by how much the vast majority of visitors to Glengarriff Woods respect this beautiful place. However, this is just a reminder to be vigilant and make sure you don't drop any litter including tissues, wet wipes, masks, etc. Read more about the National Awareness Campaign recently launched to promote responsible behaviour outdoors to combat an increase in littering nationally. #lovethisplace #leavenotrace
Name the Glengarriff white-tailed eagle chick! Having been watched by thousands of people on our live EagleCam for 11 weeks, the Glengarriff white-tailed eagle chick fledged a month ago - and we are now looking for YOU to name her! The eagle chick is doing well and flying confidently, recently making her first trip to the mainland - her longest flight yet of around 2km. The chick’s mother was one of 100 chicks brought from Norway between 2007 and 2011...
She's fledged! Our young eagle was 11 weeks old on the 1st of July and she marked her birthday by leaving the nest around 7:15pm the evening before. We didn't actually see her fly off and, indeed, a young white-tailed eagle's 'first flight' away from the nest is often more a case of hopping and flapping from branch to branch, and short glides to other trees. In the two days prior to leaving she had been clambering further and further...
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)....
Some of you may have noticed that the male (W) has not been seen of late. We can confirm that he has been away from the nest for the last three days. While unusual for the male to disappear while there is a chick in the nest it can happen, as Dave Sexton (RSPB Scotland) told us. "In the past, we've had males go missing during the breeding season. It could be for all sorts of reasons but being paired...
Sad news: unfortunately the younger of the two eagle chicks didn't survive Wednesday night. The little chick had been struggling for a few days so we had started supplementary feeding and were hopeful that s/he would make it. The chick was still alive at 5:30pm on Wednesday, but the cold, wet weather that evening was probably the final straw. Dr Allan Mee, who manages the White-tailed Sea Eagle Reintroduction Programme said, “It's always disappointing and sad to lose a chick,...
On Tuesday 27th April, our eaglecam featured on RTÉ. As well as lovely clips of the chicks being fed from the webcam, an RTÉ cameraman captured fantastic footage of the adult eagles catching fish in Glengarriff Harbour. The piece also features interviews with Dr Allan Mee (White-tailed Sea Eagle Reintroduction Project Manager) and Clare Heardman (Conservation Ranger, NPWS). Thanks to RTÉ correspondent Paschal Sheehy for putting this good new piece together and Brendan O'Sullivan of the Harbour Queen. In order...
To celebrate the hatching of a white-tailed sea eagle chick on Garnish Island on Wednesday 15th April, there's a lovely new blog page set up by the Department of Culture, Heritage & the Gaeltacht: The Eagle Has Landed
As the Easter Weekend approaches, we would like to remind everyone that Glengarriff Woods Nature Reserve is only open to people who live within 2km for the purposes of exercise. All the car-parks remain closed. If you do walk here, please continue to observe physical distancing and other HSE guidelines.
We have an exciting addition to the website: we have a live white-tailed sea eagle webcam up and running for the first time in Ireland. Watch it here: Eagle Webcam
