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Have you spotted G405 the White-Tailed Eagle over Cornwall?

Chris Mason has seen the eagle at Colliford Lake - Roy Dennis runs the release programme

Adrian Langdon captured this amazing picture. On his blog he wrote: "Eagles are majestic birds and seeing one does stir your senses, but to see one near home in Cornwall is very exciting. I kept seeing and hearing reports of a white tailed eagle around the Bodmin moor area and had 2 fruitless trips up there looking for it. On Boxing Day morning I got lucky. I'd parked the car at the top of the lane that runs down to the Loveny reserve and hide, knowing that it was now out of bounds to people after a couple of issues with cattle had been reported. However this spot gave me the best views of the North arm of the reservoir which is surprisingly low on water despite all the rain we've had. I'm guessing this suits the eagle as there are many suitable dead stumps & snags for it to perch on and consume fish. After a an hour and a half I spotted it flying towards me at a reasonable height and thinking it was going to pitch up on the ground in the corner of the reservoir I started taking a few photos. It didn't land but circled once almost over my head before disappearing over the hill toward the forestry of Halvana Plantation."

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