South coast notes (5)

["Geoffrey Dabb" <>]

At Green Cape last week, a young sea-eagle flying shorewards from somewhere well out to sea.  The main point of interest was the cargo, which was certainly bird rather than fish.  I suppose the most likely object was a dead or exhausted shearwater plucked from the surface.  In their emaciated condition more than one of these would be needed for a meal for a hungry sea-eagle, but there is no shortage according to recent reports.