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| Image details: |
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| Image Description: |
The reintroduction of the White-tailed Eagle |
| Image notes: |
This male was the last to fly from the cage on the 20th October. |
| Species in Image: |
White Tailed Eagle |
| Date: |
1968 |
| Area: |
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| Old Haa Image Reference Number: |
btc00665 |
| General details: |
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| Common Name |
White Tailed Eagle |
| Latin Name |
Haliaeetus albicilla |
| Shetland Name |
Erne |
| Latin Group Name |
Falconiformes |
| Latin Family Name |
Accipitridae |
| Common Family Name |
Kites, Eagles, Harriers, Buzzards and Hawks |
| Description |
The last pair of ernes to nest in Shetland had their eyrie at the Neaps of Graveland (Yell) in 1910. In 1968 an attempt was made to re-establish them using young birds from Norway. This was not successful.
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