White-tailed sea eagle chicks released in Killarney National Park

Chicks are aged between eight and 11 weeks and have been acclimatising and growing their flight feathers in their pen in the national park

NPWS director general Niall Ó Donnchú said the eagle reintroduction programme 'really is a flagship initiative for NPWS, as it reflects so many elements of our conservation work'.

Four white-tailed sea eagles, the first of this year’s batch of 27 brought from Norway, have been released in Killarney National Park.

Flown into Farranfore at the end of June, the chicks from Trondheim in Norway are aged between eight and 11 weeks and have been acclimatising and growing their flight feathers in their pen in the national park.