Sea Eagle in Caithness?

**fudge100** · 27-Aug-07, 23:24

a neighbour and friend of mine who works at the castle mey has been seeing sea eagles there quite often for the passed 3 or 4 months at least, she said they seem to come from the direction of the orkneys.

**Pterodroma** · 01-Sep-07, 10:19

Just a thought on Northerner's original posting - brown bird, white on the rump flying over the Pentland Firth - immature Northern Gannet???

**saffy100** · 01-Sep-07, 11:34

They were spotted last year off Mey too, by several people, if you get a good look at them they can not be mistaken for other species of sea bird.

I believe some sightings have been documented, i will try and remember where i saw this.

**northener** · 01-Sep-07, 16:57

Originally Posted by Pterodroma

Just a thought on Northerner's original posting - brown bird, white on the rump flying over the Pentland Firth - immature Northern Gannet???

Nope, see young gannets every day.

The young gannets tend to be almost a blackish colour, slowly breaking up as they mature. This was definitely a bird that was unfamiliar to me. Briefly thought about a hen harrie - but this was much bigger. I'm pretty certain now that I've looked into it a bit more, and with the previous sightings mentioned, that it was definitely a sea eagle.