A white tailed eagle beats Ms South for wingspan!

Miss South • March 10, 2025

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This week, Reception were very fortunate to have a visit from Emma from the Wildheart Sanctuary. Emma told us all about the white tailed eagle and how some of them live on our very own island!

We met Steve the white tailed eagle and a white tailed eagle chick! We compared how they were the same and how they were different.

We looked at some of the features of these amazing apex predators including their sharp talons, skull and beak as well as their famous white tails! We discovered that they have 4 very sharp curved talons - 3 at the front and one at the back. This makes them expert hunters at catching their favourite food - fish!

We also were fortunate enough to see a real white tailed eagle tail feather!

We were all amazed when Emma showed us how incredibly wide a white tailed eagles wingspan is! We compared it against our own 'wingspan' and even Ms South's was shorter than a white tailed eagle!

At the end of the very interactive, educational and fun session, Emma left each of us with a small canvas to draw and paint a white tailed eagle. These will be collected and placed on display at the Quay Arts at some point during the summer. We will let you know when we have a date so you may visit and see your child's art work on display!

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