At Filsø, the white-tailed eagle is not just a distant possibility in the binoculars. The lake, the meadows and the open expanses offer good chances of seeing the large bird of prey glide over the water or sit high up and scan the area. It feeds among other things on fish, waterbirds and carrion, and a shallow lake landscape with many resting birds is a very good fit for the way it hunts and finds food.
Filsø can be experienced from the Welcome Center at Ellipsen and from four birdwatching towers along the shore. Ellipsen takes you dry-shod out between reed beds, dune heath and lake, while Dæmningsvejen gives a long view over both Søndersø and Mellemsø. Here it is all about letting your eyes slowly work across water, sky and tree lines.
The white-tailed eagles settled in quickly after the restoration of Filsø. DOF describes that the white-tailed eagle pair has bred in the area every year since 2013, and older observations show how quickly the lake again became interesting for the large birds. On Eagle Day, ornithologists have previously stood by Dæmningsvejen and Langoddetårnet with telescopes and help to find the birds in the landscape. An old white-tailed eagle nest has since been used by a Eurasian eagle-owl — a discreet sign that large nests get a life after their first owners.
