Sea Eagle Chick Recovers In Lochaber After Swallowing Two Fishing Hooks
A sea eagle chick who ingested two fishing hooks has been successfully returned to the wild.
A sea eagle chick who ingested two fishing hooks has been successfully returned to the wild.
The Scottish SPCA took the six-week-old bird into their care from Loch Arkaig in Lochaber in the Highlands in June.
The white-tailed sea eagle named Brahma was operated on at the charity's rescue centre in Fishcross, Clackmannanshire, and made a full recovery.
He was released close to his nest site on August 15.
Rescue centre manager Colin Seddon said: Brahma is now around 12 weeks old and fully fledged.
There were several people involved in Brahma's rescue and recovery, and without them he would not have survived.
We are continuing to provide food and have a camera on the feeding platform to monitor any use.
It is a privilege to be able to work with these birds in the wild and hopefully with the ongoing work of the raptor study groups we can continue to monitor and care for them as the population expands beyond 100 breeding pairs in Scotland.''