Sea eagles released into the wild

The 19 birds arrived as chicks from Norway in June and have since been reared in specially-built aviaries until they were old enough to fledge.

They have been released into the sky over the past week from a secret location in Fife.

The birds, the UK's largest, were once a regular sight in Scotland's skies, but were driven to extinction by game preservers and collectors in the Victorian era.

They only returned to the UK following reintroduction to the Island of Rum in 1975.