Irish Examiner view: Soaring eagles

Bird populations

The National Parks and Wildlife Service staff at Killarney National Park announced that white-tailed eagles have again nested in the Old Oak woodlands of Killarney National Park. Picture: Valerie O'Sullivan

There’s a different form of flying to be celebrated in Ireland, with the growing success of the reintroduction programme for the white-tailed eagles which have once again nested in Killarney National Park. 

While we commented earlier this week on the joyful comeback from near extinction of the corncrake, the continuing renaissance of Haliaeetus albicilla and its re-establishment as the apex predator of the mountains and lakes is one of the great success stories for the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS).