Osprey Sightings 2010

This is the new thread for posting reports of osprey sightings, whether on the internet, in the press or in real life.

For the benefit of any new or less frequent viewers, it might be helpful if the first person to refer to a regular online source of information, for example Faune-Aquitaine, provided a link and a brief explanation of what the site is about. 

Let the migration season commence!

        

  • 17/08 & 18/08 08:20 HANTS: Wickham.

    18/08 09:00 HANTS: Langstone Harbour.

    18/08 12:00 DEVON: Bowling Green Marsh RSPB.

    18/08 DORSET: Arne RSPB.

    18/08 10:00 HANTS: Redbridge Wharf Park.

    18/08 09:35 HANTS: Titchfield Haven NNR.

    18/08 19:45 ESSEX: Wakering Stairs.

    18/08 DEVON: Yealm Estuary.

  • Thanks for the sightings Sandy spending a lot of time in the garden gazing up at the skies.  Quite a few now seem not far from me.  Maybe I will get lucky.

    Margobird

  • 8 sightings in total yesterday on Faune Anjou. Some probably local:
    mercredi 18 août 2010
    cale 79, rue Maugin / Bohalle (La) (49) 2 Balbuzards pêcheurs (Pandion haliaetus) [Romain Provost ]
    Remarques : vers 11h30, en pêche puis posé
    Détail : 2x adultes
    Carrière / Seiches-sur-le-Loir (49) 1 Balbuzard pêcheur (Pandion haliaetus) [Fabrice Rayer ]
    Remarques : 15h41.
    Grève de l'île de Saint-Maur / Thoureil (Le) (49) 3 Balbuzards pêcheurs (Pandion haliaetus) [Jean-Luc Ronné ] [Christophe Ronné ]
    Remarques de Jean-Luc Ronné : 18h30
    Île aux Mouettes / Saint-Rémy-la-Varnne (49) 2 Balbuzards pêcheurs (Pandion haliaetus) [Romain Provost ]
    Remarques : 12h30, 1 ad posé sur grève et 1 ind en vol
    Détail : 1x adulte

  • 19.8. 2010 Osprey recorded on the Dee Estuary, Wirral, flying South.

  • Faune Aquitaine today:
    Thursday, August 19th, 2010
    Palu de Molua (Les Règes) / Hourtin (33) 1 Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) [Amandine Theillout ]
    Comment : en migration
    UG 08 Domaine de Certes - Méandre / Audenge (33) 1 Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) [Conseil Général Gironde Espaces Naturels ]
    Comment : en vol Guide Naturaliste Certes CD

  • Faune Anjou today:
    jeudi 19 août 2010
    Île aux Mouettes / Saint-Rémy-la-Varenne (49) 3 Balbuzards pêcheurs (Pandion haliaetus) [Romain Provost ]
    Détail : 3x adultes

  • Faune Vendee today:
    jeudi 19 août 2010
    le Cercleron / Barre-de-Monts (La) (85) 1 Balbuzard pêcheur (Pandion haliaetus) [James Pelloquin ]
    Remarque : en pêche sur les marais super obs
    mizottes de Champagné-les-Marais / Champagné-les-Marais (85) 3 Balbuzards pêcheurs (Pandion haliaetus) [Emmanuel Joyeux ]

  • Faune Auverne today:
    jeudi 19 août 2010
    la Croix Rouge / Châteauneuf-les-Bains (63) 1 Balbuzard pêcheur (Pandion haliaetus) [Emmanuel Dupont ]
    Remarque : en fin de matinée

  • Alan: Thanks for all the French sightings - I'm going to have to brush up on my woeful French geography so I can visualize where they actually are!

    Meanwhile, back in the UK:

    19/08 09:10, 16:25 & 20/08 08:10, 10:20 E SUSSEX: Weir Wood Reservoir. (According to reports there are at least 2 ospreys in the vicinity)

    19/08 09:20 & 20/08 09:10 HANTS: Lower Test Marshes HWT.

    19/08 CHESHIRE: Moreton.

    19/08 LANCS: Leighton Moss RSPB.

    19/08 W SUSSEX: Thorney Island.

    19/08 LINCS: Alkborough Flats.

    19/08 DORSET: Poole Harbour.

    19/08 & 20/08 13:00 ESSEX: Wakering Stairs.

    One at HQ! - 20/08 09:35: BEDS: The Lodge, Sandy.

     

  • Sandy,

    Thanks but how very frustrating. On Monday I walked the whole circuit of Weir Wood reservoir, without seeing as much as a glimpse of an osprey. Now there are two, flaunting themselves - there are photos on Birdguides now. 

    I will probably have another try soon - I have never walked the circuit of Thorney Island.