On the morning of March 5, golden eagles were observed for the first time this year at the live broadcast nest provided by JSC “Latvijas valsts meži” (LVM). The female Spilve and a previously unseen male bird with rings entered the nest.
On the morning of March 6, both eagles were already busy in the nest and carried branches, and a mating attempt could also be observed.
Ornithologist, LVM environmental expert Uģis Bergmanis reveals:
“We managed to read the information from the rings of the previously unseen male, and we found that the eagle, as a young bird in the nest, was ringed in Finland in 2020. Apparently, the previous male of the nest, Grīslis, has died, and Spilve’s unusually late return to the nest can be explained by the search for a new partner in a wide area.”
Golden eagles usually start building their nests in January, and the first egg can be laid in the first half of March. In 2025, a young eagle named Meldrs grew up in the nest of the eagle couple Spilve and Grīslis.
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