An eagle soaring over the Orkney cliffs gets some incredible views that, thanks to a headcam, you can now see too.
Long-time falconer Barry Blthyer, 50, decided to attach a camera to the five-year-old bird of prey named Marra last month without thinking much of it.
But the video showing some of Scotland’s most idyllic views quickly vent viral- with more than 26,000 views worldwide.
The footage shows Marra, a white-tailed sea eagle, flying over the cliffs near Brough of Birsay before landing on the arm of keeper, Roxanne Peggie.
Ms Peggie, 30, said: ‘Putting a headcam on a bird is something we’ve worked on for a very long time.
‘But we’ve always wanted to do it right, with the bird’s welfare in mind.’
She added: ‘We aimed to get the camera positioned and set up so that the flight of the eagle is as natural as possible.
‘The aim was to replicate a flight as if the eagle was in the wild.’
Incredible footage shows a real bird’s eye view of Britain as a sea eagle gets fitted with a headcam, pictured
Elite Falconry’s Barry Blyther decided to attach a headcam to five-year-old eagle Marra, pictured
The video of Marra’s flight has gone viral with thousands enjoying the memorizing views of the Orkney cliffs, pictured
Ms Peggie and Mr Blyther have been running Elite Falconry, a company in Fife offering people to experience birds like hawks, falcons, eagles, vultures and owls.
They aim to use ‘daylight seclusion aviaries’ to create a natural environment for the birds, where they are raised by their own kind instead of being hand – reared by humans.
Mr Blthyer, who is the owner, said: ‘I believe our method of attaching a camera to a bird to replicate natural flight is the only of its kind in the world and it doesn’t interrupt how the animal would be in the wild.’
He explained that they had created a harness so that the bird can ‘flip about and fly cross wind’ without the camera bothering it. This can also help monitor flight.