First-ever footage of wild white-tailed eagle hatching chick in UK is recorded at Scots nature reserve

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Visitors of a Scots nature reserve have enjoyed the first-ever live footage of a wild white-tailed eagle hatching in the UK.

Onlookers at the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds' (RSPB) Abernethy centre watched on as the first egg hatched at 7.43pm on Friday, April 8.The fluffy eaglet is the offspring of Shona and Finn, who have been working hard to share incubating duties, including protecting them from snow and recent storms.

Now, the family of birds' activities are being beamed live to the Loch Garten Nature Centre from a camera which has been hidden in a stick three metres from the nest to avoid any disturbance.

This is the first time such a method has been used in the UK after successful trials in Latvia and Estonia.Fergus Cumberland, Visitor Experience Manager for RSPB Scotland: said, “The response to the eagles from the public has been one of excitement and anticipation."The true character and personalities of these birds are on full display for the public to experience and it is a wonder to watch it all unfold.