Irish conservationists celebrate as 'widowed' white-tailed eagle and his new partner produce chicks.
After four years flying solo a widowed white-tailed eagle and his new partner have produced two chicks, Irish conservationists have said.
The new pair set up a territory together in February, building a nest on the County Clare shores of Lough Derg. Despite initially flying to Scotland, she returned six months later and eventually bonded with the older male, who was now single.An Irish National Parks and Wildlife Service white-tailed eagle reintroduction project, which aims to bring the species back to Ireland, has been monitoring the birds for years."But we're also delighted to see this eagle that we know well make a new bond and start a new family," he added.
In 2013 the male eagle and his previous partner fledged a pair of chicks - the first hatching of a white-tailed eagle in Ireland in more than 110 years.Eagle-eyed NPWS staff also tagged three other white-tailed eagle chicks in recent days, reared by one of the male eagle's offspring from its previous partner.
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