{"id":18091,"date":"2022-07-26T16:07:53","date_gmt":"2022-07-26T14:07:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.countryfile.com\/?p=119887"},"modified":"2022-07-26T16:19:14","modified_gmt":"2022-07-26T14:19:14","slug":"uks-oldest-white-tailed-eagle-pair-celebrate-silver-anniversary-with-25th-chick","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbccountryfile\/rss_feed\/uks-oldest-white-tailed-eagle-pair-celebrate-silver-anniversary-with-25th-chick\/","title":{"rendered":"UK\u2019s oldest white-tailed eagle pair celebrate silver anniversary with 25th chick"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Freya Parr\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Tuesday, 26 July 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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The UK\u2019s oldest known pair of white-tailed eagles have celebrated their 25th anniversary together by successfully fledging their 25th chick.<\/p>\n

Skye and Frisa are 28 and 38 years old respectively and paired up in 1997 on the Isle of Mull. The following year, Frisa laid her first ever egg. Since then, they have continued to produce young, sometimes even raising two chicks a year.<\/p>\n

In 2005, they enjoyed their television debut on the first ever episode of BBC\u2019s\u00a0Springwatch<\/em>. Their chicks Mara and Breagha were also featured on the programme in 2008 as the first white-tailed eagles in the UK to be satellite tagged.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not always been plain sailing for white-tailed eagles. They were driven to extinction in the early 20th century, but a series of reintroduction programmes were launched in 1975 to help re-establish the population.\u00a0 Frisa\u2019s mother, Blondie, was the first eagle to successfully hatch a chick in Scotland following this project.<\/p>\n

Skye and Frisa\u2019s latest chick is thought to be a female.<\/p>\n

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