White-tailed eagles part 2: the birds' release on the Isle of Wight
08/30/19 • 28 min
Continuing the story of six white-tailed eagle chicks, translocated by the Roy Dennis Wildlife Foundation, working in partnership with Forestry England, from nests in Scotland to the Isle of Wight, off England's south coast. This project aims to re-establish the birds in the place where they last bred in England, 240 years ago.
The podcast records the work that went into preparing the birds for their release, and hears how emotional it can be to see these majestic and long-absent birds return to the skies over England.
Producer: Moira Hickey
Contributors (in order of appearance): Dave Sexton, Steve Egerton-Read, Leanne Sargeant, Pete Campbell, Tim Mackrill, Fraser Cormack, Roy Dennis, Ian Perks
Music credit: Realness by Kai Engel, from the Free Music Archive
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Continuing the story of six white-tailed eagle chicks, translocated by the Roy Dennis Wildlife Foundation, working in partnership with Forestry England, from nests in Scotland to the Isle of Wight, off England's south coast. This project aims to re-establish the birds in the place where they last bred in England, 240 years ago.
The podcast records the work that went into preparing the birds for their release, and hears how emotional it can be to see these majestic and long-absent birds return to the skies over England.
Producer: Moira Hickey
Contributors (in order of appearance): Dave Sexton, Steve Egerton-Read, Leanne Sargeant, Pete Campbell, Tim Mackrill, Fraser Cormack, Roy Dennis, Ian Perks
Music credit: Realness by Kai Engel, from the Free Music Archive
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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White-tailed eagles part 1: the journey from Scotland to the Isle of Wight
The release of six white-tailed eagle chicks on the Isle of Wight has made national headlines, as it's a reintroduction of Britain's largest bird of prey after an absence of 240 years. The white-tailed eagle was killed out by man, rather than by poor habitat or inadequate food, and it's hoped that the 60 birds which are due to be released in the five years of this project will go on to establish a population, building on the success of similar reintroductions in Scotland.
This podcast looks at the work of the Roy Dennis Wildlife Foundation, acting in partnership with Forestry England, and focusses on the hands-on conservation carried out by the team, turning ambitious wildlife theory into exciting and groundbreaking practice.
Producer: Moira Hickey
Contributors (in order of appearance): Roy Dennis, Fraser Cormack, Ian Perks, Tim Mackrill, Anya Wicikowski, Jane Harley, Mike Crutch, Pete Campbell
Music credit: Realness by Kai Engel, form the Free Music Archive
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Ospreys part 3: the young birds are released at Poole Harbour
Continuing the story of the translocation of eleven osprey chicks from Scotland to Poole Harbour on the south coast of England. The birds are released but stay close by, until the urge to migrate sends them on a hazardous journey to Africa.
Producer: Moira Hickey
Contributors in order of appearance:
Fraser Cormack, Ian Perks, Alan Campbell, Tim Mackrill, Roy Dennis, Jason Fathers, Lucy Allen, Paul Morton, Brittany Maxted, Liv Cooper.
Music credit: Realness by Kai Engel, from the Free Music Archive
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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