The sea eagles have started building a nest again in the Friese Veen, a nature reserve near Paterswolde. After the tree with the previous nest blew down, the question was whether the large birds of prey would be able to stay in the nature reserve. To the great delight of ranger Bart Zwiers of Natuurmonumenten, another nest has risen in one of the trees.
At the end of September, Zwiers noticed during his tour in the Frisian Veen that the horizon along the waterfront had changed: several trees had fallen due to the strong wind. The nest in which a pair of sea eagles was breeding was in pieces. “I think they are now crying somewhere and starting over again,” Zwiers said at the time.
It didn’t take long: the two impressive birds have found a new spot, and a new nest has been built with branches. The Frisian Veen is therefore ‘a paradise’ for the sea eagle to live in, according to Zwiers. Moreover, a nest is soon needed: the white-tailed eagle is an early breeder; the pair often breed as early as February. “The bald eagle has a supermarket around the corner with cormorant young, which they take with them and feed to their own young,” says Zwiers. From the bird hide in the nature reserve there is a good view of the birds that regularly fly back and forth.
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