Grimsby White-tailed Eagle

A tweet for the Roy Dennis Wildlife Foundation confirms that this sighting relates to a 2cy female WTE known as G801. It passed over Lincolnshire and headed north to Cleveland before returning south. 

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Or a white-tailed eagle judging by this article in one of today's newspapers.

'Secondary poisoning' is a concern - presumaby putting kestrels and owl species at risk.

The issue came up at last week's agm of Rentokil-Initial ( The Wryneck )
 

Doesn't sound like a great time to be a female Eider, Jim.

On the subject of white-tailed eagles (though different birds), Lincolnshire ornithologist -academic Alex Lees sounds a cautionary note in a soon-to-be-published academic paper.

He says their "resurgent populations" are likely to be to the detriment of breeding female eider ducks, on which they prey, in the Baltic/Wadden Sea.

Dr Lees, a senior lecturer at Manchester Metropolitan University, further notes that eider are also at risk from nutrient concentrations in seawater affecting their mussel prey.

These insights are among many in the report which is due to be published shortly in the Annual Review of Environment and Resources.
 

A serendipitous visit to part of the patch today - a White-tailed Eagle drifted over!

At 14:25, a large and distant raptor approached from the west towards Scartho cemetery. As it banked around, I saw it’s huge and broad wings with their long fingers: “It’s an eagle!” 

Overall it appeared to be very dark against the sky, suggesting a juvenile/sub-adult. It quickly attracted the attention of a local Buzzard providing an awe-inspiring size comparison. It began gaining height and heading back west over the town, eventually lost to sight behind the tree line. 

I’m unsure if this would be related to one of the reintroduction schemes. If anybody has any further information on this, may you please let me know. I understand that some of them are satellite-tracked.