An Isle of Wight white-tailed eagle stole a dead Mediterranean gull from a female marsh harrier, which had only just stolen it from a peregrine falcon, in an observation described as 'remarkable.'

White-tailed eagle project officer Steve Egerton-Read has published his latest update on the magnificent birds, released on the Island in a joint project by the Roy Dennis Wildlife Foundation and Forestry England.

The team says evidence from Europe suggest eagles can be important in controlling populations of Canada goose, which do not have other natural predators.

One of the Island's eagles is known to have caught two this year.

Meanwhile, all of the youngest birds (released in 2020) have travelled away from the Isle of Wight - though it is expected they will eventually return.

One male flew across the English Channel and travelled through France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany, to the Danish Wadden Sea coast.

Meanwhile, a female flew to northern Scotland.

The project began two years ago, with six birds released in 2019 and seven birds in 2020.

There are also plans for the Roy Dennis Wildlife Foundation to release white-tailed eagles in Norfolk, at the Wild Ken Hill rewilding project.