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The past few months have been trying for everyone and while COVID-19 restrictions have wrought major changes on the work of the SSGEP team, they appear to have had little effect on the four project Eagles who continue to roam the Southern Skies of Scotland.
We carefully respected Government advice on Covid-19 restrictions, which prevented fieldwork during the critical time for nest monitoring, meaning we were unable to translocate any young eagles this season.
Eagle People Profile: Andrea Hudspeth
Today's Eagle People Profile features Andrea Hudspeth. Andrea is company owner, tour guide and principal ecologist at Aquila Ecology and Tayside Raptor Study Group member. She has also worked for the RSPB, Yorkshire Wildlife Trust and Edinburgh Zoo as well as volunteering for overseas raptor work in Malta, Sicily and Cyprus.
New Job Opportunity with the Southern Uplands Partnership
Please note that this position is not with the South Of Scotland Golden Eagle Project but the exciting Tweed River Culture Project as outlined below.
Eaglets Blog #3: Emily in the wild
Another installment of our eaglets blog; a blog written specifically for children and parents. In the first edition we followed Emily from her eyrie in the Highlands to our aviaries in the south of Scotland. In the second we found out about her time in the aviairies and her release into southern skies. In this third edition we find out how Emily is settling in to the wilds of the Southern Uplands.
The Wright Strokes #6 - Sketches from Eagle Country
The latest sketches from our Eagle Officer, John following his most recent encounter with our young eagles. These sketches show Skan (C17), Emily (121) and Edward (C09) in moult. Click on the images for a more detailed view.