SEA EAGLE Methil, Fife, Released into the wild 4/9/2011

A new batch of 16 young sea eagles has been released in Fife as part of ongoing efforts to reintroduce them across Scotland.

The white-tailed sea eagles, released from a secret location, are the UK''s largest bird of prey.

They were reared until they were old enough to fledge, after arriving from Norway in June.

The eagles have been raised in specially built aviaries on a diet of grey squirrel, roe deer and haddock.

The East Scotland Sea Eagle reintroduction scheme is run by RSPB Scotland, Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) and Forestry Commission Scotland.

Since the sea eagle reintroduction initiative began in 2007, a total of 80 birds have been released on the east coast of the country.

With a wing span of 8ft, the white-tailed sea eagle is the UK''s largest bird of prey.

It was completely wiped out in Britain in the early 20th Century and only returned when a reintroduction programme began on the island of Rum in 1975.

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