How many children equal the size of a white-tailed sea eagle?
Picture: Sue Hawkes
BUNESSAN Primary School has named a whitetailed sea eagle chick at Tiroran Community Forest after visiting for a day of fun and learning with the Mull and Iona Ranger Service and Mull Eagle Watch.
Children got messy making plaster casts of animal hoof prints along the forest tracks before learning about dinosaurs – the ancestors of eagles – with Emily and Kate from the Ranger Service. Over at the eagles’ hide, they learned all about white-tailed eagles and enjoyed handling real eagle feathers and other props though, sadly, the eagle family was nowhere to be seen.