Eagle Attack

A sea eagle swoops down on a goose swimming in Kilchoan Bay.

The goose avoids the attack and swims on.

The eagle flies round and comes in again, this time pursued by a furious gull.

But the gull can't prevent the eagle from pressing home its attack.

The eagle misses again. By this time it's being chased by three gulls so it flies off.

This happened below Trevor Potts' camp site in Ormsaigbeg yesterday afternoon. We've seen a sea eagle attack a goose in this way before. The goose makes no attempt to take off - perhaps it's afraid of the eagle knocking it out of the air. Instead, as the eagle comes in, it makes a splashy dive under water.

In this attack the eagle came round about four times but, the previous time, it made many more assaults before giving up.

This eagle is a fully mature adult with characteristic white tail and a wing span of 8ft.