The shooting dead of a two-year-old female white-tailed eagle at Lough Owel, near Mullingar in Co Westmeath last month shocked nature lovers countrywide and was widely condemned as a deplorable act.

I see several otters; there are good populations of golden eagle, red squirrels and pine martens, and, locals whisper, up to 10 wildcats may live in the area. But the white-tailed eagle ...

White-tailed eagles are the UK's largest birds of prey ... There are two adult pairs and one juvenile nesting near his farm this year. Mr Rennie said it was difficult to photograph the birds ...

Hainburg, Austria - 300 volunteers braved cold and wind to monitor the whole length of the Danube river and they managed to count a total of 750 white-tailed eagles in nine countries. The numbers ...