White-tailed eagles breed successfully for second year

A pair of white-tailed sea eagles has bred successfully for a second year, producing a female chick which has flown from its nest in Lough Derg, near Mountshannon, Co Clare.

This is the third fledged chick of a reintroduction programme, which began in 2007 with the phased release of young Norwegian eagles in Killarney National Park.

The Lough Derg pair made history last year when they produced the first two chicks to fly from a wild nest in Ireland for the first time in over 100 years.