10 more white-tailed sea eagles to be released into Kerry countryside

DETERMINED to recover from the devastating blow of finding 19 birds dead over the past four years, the team behind the white-tailed sea eagle reintroduction project will today release 10 more young chicks into the Kerry countryside.

The new batch, aged between 10 and 14 weeks, are from 23 newborn birds donated to the Kerry project by the Norwegian wildlife authorities in June.

The latest release phase will bring the total number reintroduced to the Irish countryside to 100 over a five-year period.