Italy, Siracusa:
Wednesday, January 1st, 2014 Saline di Siracusa (zona umida IWC) / Siracusa (SR) 1 Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
[Renzo Ientile]
Thanks Alan for all your sightings reports throughout the year.
Do you know if the Ospreys at El Hondo are there the year round, or are they migratory too?
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Ospreys at El Hondo are there all year round as far as I know.
Thanks very much Alan.
France, Landes:
Wednesday, January 1st, 2014
Marais d'Orx (Casier Sud) / Labenne (40)
1 Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
[ Benoit Moinet ] [ Loup et Matteo Moinet ]
France, Pyrenees-Atlantique:
Saturday, January 4th, 2014
Pompage Acetex / Bésingrand (64)
[Thierry Baute ]
Overwintering in France, Landes:
Thursday, January 9th, 2014
1 Osprey
(Pandion haliaetus)
[Michel Caupenne ]
There is a 2nd hand report on the Glaslyn FB group (from a 'reliable observer') of an osprey seen around St Combs on the Aberdeenshire coast.
I am fairly sceptical, 'reliable observer' or not, but it will be interesting to see if we hear anything more of this bird. The sighting hasn't made it onto BirdGuides. Their archive (back to 2000) has only 6 January sightings since 2000, 2 of them for the same bird. 3 of those reports are marked as 'unconfirmed', and none are further north than West Yorkshire...
Thanks Rachel, it is hard to imagine how an osprey would survive in January in Aberdeenshire. Very unlikely.
Spain, El Hondo NR:
11th January Hondo PN
Osprey (Pandion haliaetus, Águila pescadora)
Sunday, January 12th, 2014
canal de ceinture sud (casier Barrage) / Labenne (40)
[Philippe Germain ]