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Ringing of Golden Eagles

From the collection of

Northern Ireland Screen's Digital Film Archive
Launched in 2000, Northern Ireland Screen’s Digital Film Archive spans from 1897 to the present day and currently contains an ever-expanding catalogue of 13,000 items. It comprises material from a variety of depositors including feature films, sport, documentaries, animation, amateur footage, light entertainment, and a significant proportion of broadcast material from the UTV Archive.

Ringing of Golden Eagles

These news rushes take us to a rocky headland at the north-eastern corner of County Antrim. Watch as conservationists descend the cliff by rope to reach a nest of elusive Golden Eagles. Dangerous as it looks, the mission is important. Golden Eagles were widely killed in the past, which caused serious decline both in their numbers and range. The specie last bred in Northern Ireland in 1960 at Fair Head, captured in this film before it’s believed they were shot by a farmer.

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