This thread continues from Osprey Chat Thread for January 2016
It seems almost impossible to believe that a year has passed since I last wrote that we were in the last osprey free month of the new year. Well the clocks have been relentlessly ticking away the hours and days and the great excitement will soon start again.
The Loch Garten clock tells us to expect EJ in a mere 61 days but last year she was late so she may well beat that.
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Last year proved to be a very frustrating one at Loch Garten but the fans enjoyed it nevertheless.
Will it prove better this year? No one knows. It you want certainty then ospreys are not the hobby for you.
Last year Blue XD again failed to beat Odin back to Loch Garten. Worse still his breeding season was not a success and the wife may have left him.
Lots of question to be answered this year.
Of course the big news was that Lady and 11 (98) were two of the most high profile ospreys that failed to return in 2015
Two years ago we were asking if Blue YD would come home? Well he did but unfortunately his tracker failed and we did not know if he was alive or dead. Well he is very alive and he was spotted in Africa very recently.
White 14 from Bassenthwaite did come home and totally thrilled us with his antics.
This year we are looking for Blue UV from Kielder to come home and what a thrill that should be.
A lot of birds turned up late last year. Let us hope that they arrive earlier this year.
Here are the countdowns to the main nests.
But as always it is likely that Beatrice will lead the charge north but she is not the fastest of ospreys.
The excitement will build day by day.
Link to Tiger's RSPB Signature
Tiger Signature
Hazel b said:The Loch Garten clock tells us to expect EJ in a mere 61 days but last year she was late so she may well beat that.
Our herring gulls are red listed birds. Think about that the next time you hear some flaming idiot calling for a cull of them.
Thanks for all the potted info, and the links, Tiger.
Clare Bailey said:That's very likely, Tiger, but you never know with our EJ. Or our perverse British weather.
If we knew it would be no fun.
No, it wouldn't.
Clare Bailey said: No, it wouldn't.
So what are your wishes for the next osprey season?
I'd like to see loads of successful nests, the return of EJ and Odin - and wouldn't it be lovely if Druie made an appearance?
Clare Bailey said: I'd like to see loads of successful nests, the return of EJ and Odin - and wouldn't it be lovely if Druie made an appearance?
Yes it would be great to see Druie. Perhaps even Seasca as I was not at all convinced that she died over the Bay of Biscay.
Thanks, Tiger, for starting this thread again. I shall be interested to see who arrives at Loch of the Lowes this year, but also keenly await the race to mate with EJ at Loch Garten! And of course I still hope for more nests here in Dumfries and Galloway! Does anyone have news of any nest trees suffering in the winter gales - do all our birds have nests to come back to?
Ospreys Rule OK, but Goldfinches come a close second!
Unknown said: Thanks, Tiger, for starting this thread again. I shall be interested to see who arrives at Loch of the Lowes this year, but also keenly await the race to mate with EJ at Loch Garten! And of course I still hope for more nests here in Dumfries and Galloway! Does anyone have news of any nest trees suffering in the winter gales - do all our birds have nests to come back to?
Any news from Wigtown these days?
Osprey illegally killed in Peak District