White Tailed Sea Eagle

"Haliaeetus Albicilla"

This is Victor.

He used to patrol the water between Glenelg and Kylerhea

when the tide brings in fish.

He has an 8 foot wingspan and is just magnificent!

The White Tailed Sea Eagle was persecuted to extinction in the uk as the last one was shot on the Shetland Isles in 1916 but was successfully reintroduced back into Scotland.

It is our largest bird of prey and can be seen

in Scotland and on Mull and Skye.

They eat mostly fish that they catch themselves

or steal from another bird.

In Scotland they will regularly follow boats

and will be fed fish thrown in to the sea so the paying photographers get their shots.

I have done this and would do it again but I prefer to photograph this magnificent bird catching its own food.

However, I am happy to share a photo taken by my friend

Andy Rawley.

His passion for wildlife and birds of prey in particular is amazing.

The photo below was taken on the Lady Jane on the Isle of Mull.

Also known as the Sea Eagle

it is the 4th largest eagle in the world.

It is between 66 to 94cm in length

It has a wingspan of 1.78 to 2.45m (8’)

It weighs in at an incredible 3.1 to 6.9kg! (15lb)