Editing Lesser spotted eagle (section)

== Behaviour and ecology ==
[[File:Aquila pomarina nest with eggs.jpg|thumb|A two-egg [[clutch (eggs)|clutch]] in nest]]
The lesser spotted eagle uses regularly spaced territories consistently between years in the north-western part of its distribution. The distances between territories vary across the region, although this was not found to be related to breeding success. Synchronous variation in breeding success across the region indicates that the eagles are instead influenced by large-scale factors such as fluctuations in climate or prey availability.<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Treinys, R. |author2=Bergmanis, U. | author3=Väli, Ü. |year=2017| title=Strong territoriality and weak density-dependent reproduction in Lesser Spotted Eagles ''Clanga pomarina''| journal=Ibis |volume=159| pages=343–351 | doi=10.1111/ibi.12454| issue=2}}</ref>
The lesser spotted eagle lays one to three white, buff-spotted [[egg (biology)|eggs]] in a tree nest. As usual for eagles, only in breeding seasons with very abundant prey does more than one young [[fledge]], but the female starts [[Avian incubation|incubating]] when the first egg has been laid,  thus the first young to hatch usually outgrows its clutch mate(s) and will kill and even eat them sooner or later.{{cn|date=February 2022}}