Staff Club : Eagle Watching

Website about the White-tailed Sea Eagle

The White-tailed Sea Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla re-colonised Denmark in the 1990's after having been extinct for almost a century. Today, around 30 pairs breed, mostly at sheltered waters of  southern Denmark. Sunday the 10th of July, the Staff Club’s  Nature Group arranged an eagle watching trip to the island of Glænø where it was possible to view of the nest of a pair of Sea Eagles on the neighboring Ormø. One of the good view points was a fine picnic spot. We meet at the research center and drove to Glænø. When we arrive I noticed it was a nature reserve with a beautiful view. 

Just looking around it was just amazing to see such a peaceful place. 

We began walking from the road where we parked the cars down a trail into the woods. It was just a great day I really enjoyed the walk. As we were walking for found a nice cottage on the island. I was later told that actually the island is owned by a rich Danish family and for a lot of money you can rent the cottage. 

Now we were on the island Glænø and the eagles are a small island of Ormø so the only way to get a good view of the eagles is by binoculars or by a telescope.  

In this picture, you can see our nice picnic area and in the background you can see the island of Ormø where the eagles are nesting. 

There was no way that I could a picture of the eagles on the island of Ormø because it was over 100 yards from the other island of Glænø, so I tried to take a picture through the telescope. These pictures are not that good but I wanted to at least try. 

You can see on the bottom of this picture two large birds sitting on the top of the dead trees. These two birds are the White-tailed Sea Eagles.

When first looking at the White-tailed Sea Eagles they looked a lot like the Bald Eagle back at home.

We did see one young adult eating a fish (we are assuming the fledging from the mating pair) but I did not get a picture of it. There was about 30 of us taking turns looking into the telescope, so we each got a small glance at the eagles.  After having a relaxing lunch in the sun, we all walked back to our cars and enjoyed the peaceful view we enjoyed the peaceful view again. 

We drove back to the research center and waited for the next bus to go home. It was a nice relaxing trip.