Bird's eye view: White-tailed sea eagle captures stunning Orkney cliffs
- 6 years ago
A literal bird's eye view as Marra the white-tailed sea eagle soars over Scotland's Orkney cliffs.
This stunning footage was taken at Marwick Head, near Kitchener's Memorial on the west coast of the Orkney Islands, enjoying the views out over the Atlantic towards Iceland, and beyond to North America and Canada from the western edge of Orkney.
The species was once close to extinction but numbers are improving on account of species reintroduction programmes.
"The species is doing well here now but still in tiny numbers with just over 100 pairs in Scotland," said Elite Falconry, the group responsible for the footage.
The organisation added: "We have been working with Marra for around six years now. She lives in our converted barn, and we fly her every day."
It would not reveal any information on how it was able to set up a camera rig on the eagle.
This stunning footage was taken at Marwick Head, near Kitchener's Memorial on the west coast of the Orkney Islands, enjoying the views out over the Atlantic towards Iceland, and beyond to North America and Canada from the western edge of Orkney.
The species was once close to extinction but numbers are improving on account of species reintroduction programmes.
"The species is doing well here now but still in tiny numbers with just over 100 pairs in Scotland," said Elite Falconry, the group responsible for the footage.
The organisation added: "We have been working with Marra for around six years now. She lives in our converted barn, and we fly her every day."
It would not reveal any information on how it was able to set up a camera rig on the eagle.