Irish Birding Sighting Record |
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| Website : | www.irishbirding.com |
| Sighting URL : | https://www.irishbirding.com/birds/web/Display/sighting/68397/Whitetailed_Eagle.html |
| Sighting Ref : | IB68397 |
| Sighting Date : | 17 May 14 |
| Common Name : | White-tailed Eagle |
| Scientific Name : | Haliaeetus albicilla |
| Location : | Wicklow |
| County : | Wicklow |
| Number Seen : | 1 |
| Principal Observer(s) : | Michael Hanney Not Specified |
| Reported By : | Brian Carruthers |
| Comments : | Michael Hanney (my brother-in-law) was doing a mountain run, when he saw what he described to me as a WTE soaring overhead just as he crested the peak at 11am , casting a giant shadow in the sunlight. |
| Status : | See IRBC Appendix 1 |