A sea eagle was rescued off the Aberdeenshire coast at the weekend.
RSPB Scotland, with help from Banff based business North 58° Sea Adventures, were called to a remote cove, inaccessible by land, near Pennan, following reports of an injured bird.
The rescued bird is now being treated by vets.
Kayaker John Creighton and his wife spotted the distressed eagle on Saturday and alerted RSPB Scotland.
Rhian Evans, RSPB Scotland’s East Scotland Sea Eagle Officer rescued the bird: “It wasn’t until we approached the beach that we saw that the eagle was alive, but was clearly tired and wet."
"Despite being there for three days, it was still fairly feisty and it actually took a while for us to retrieve it. Eventually I had to flush it off the cliffs by swimming towards it!"
"Fortunately, thanks to John raising the alarm and to the amazing expertise of North 58° Sea Adventures we managed to bring it safely back to the mainland and it’s currently recovering from its ordeal at the vets."
The bird has been identified as a young male released in Ireland as part of the Irish Sea Eagle reintroduction project in 2010.
Image by Ruth Mckee
