This is the new thread for posting reports of osprey sightings, whether on the internet, in the press or in real life.
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Let the migration season commence!
4 ospreys seen at Caerlaverock today:http://www.wwt.org.uk/visit-us/caerlaverock/osprey-diary/4-ospreys-seen-today-at-caerlaverock
24/08 14:00 KENT: Bough Beech Reservoir.
24/08 17:10 HANTS: Lower Test Marshes.
24/08 19:18 NORFOLK: Hopton-on-Sea.
24/08 DEVON: Kingsbridge Estuary.
24/08 DORSET: Middlebere.
24/08 DORSET: Lytchett Bay.
24/08 18:30 E SUSSEX: Weir Wood Reservoir.
24/08 SOMERSET: Blue Anchor Bay.
24/08 16:00 SOMERSET: Shapwick Heath NNR.
25/08 07:15 LANCS: Blackpool.
25/08 SHROPS: The Wrekin.
25/08 11:07 NORFOLK: Strumpshaw Fen.
25/08 10:00 HANTS: Portsmouth.
25/08 13:25 S YORKS: Hatfield Moors.
25/08 12:15 E SUSSEX: Weir Wood Reservoir.
25/08 15:30 CUMBRIA: Tindale Tarn.
25/08 15:30 SOMERSET: Puriton.
25/08 DORSET: Lytchett Bay.
25/08 W SUSSEX: Thorney Island.
Sandy's last sighting was also on Sussex Ornithological Society: "Two adult ospreys at Thorney Deeps during the high tide period". This is a favourite spot for migratory ospreys (and also the Chichester peregrines, though for different prey). The Deeps are the channels which divide Thorney from the mainland:
http://www.geograph.org.uk/browse.php?p=93819
I'm waiting for a decent day to go down there, as the circuit of Thorney is a 7 mile walk with some unusual access arrangements:
http://www.mod.uk/NR/rdonlyres/A7865C49-FA31-43C1-975A-5AA570BE1876/0/ThorneyIsland.pdf
25/08 CLYDE: Lochwinnoch RSPB.
26/08 08:30 S YORKS: Potteric Carr YWT.
26/08 09:58 LINCS: Scotter.
26/08 14:30 DEVON: Warleigh Point.
26/08 SUFFOLK: Stotton Mill.
26/08 15:20 SOMERSET: Shapwick Heath NNR.
26/08 15:00 HANTS: Titchfield Haven NNR.
26/08 15:15 HANTS: Farlington Marshes HWT.
26/08 08:20 LANCS: Leighton Moss RSPB.
26/08 15:00 ESSEX: Wakering Stairs.
26/08 CLYDE: Lochwinnoch.
27/08 ESSEX: Barling Marsh.
27/08 10:00 S YORKS: Hatfield Moors.
27/08 09:45 JERSEY: Noirmont Point.
27/08 14:15 DORSET: Middlebere.
27/08 11:55 HANTS: Lower Test Marshes.
27/08 14:00 CORK: Castlefreke.
27/08 15:00 LINCS: Scotter.
27/08 15:15 DORSET: Morden Park Lake.
27/08 18:00 DEVON: Warleigh.
27/08 HANTS: Southampton.
27/08 ESSEX: Shoeburyness.
27/08 20:25 LANCS: Leighton Moss RSPB.
27/08 CLYDE: Lochwinnoch.
28/08 06:45 S YORKS: Ulley Reservoir CP.
28/08 STAFFS: Blithfield Reservoir.
28/08 06:30 S YORKS: Rawmarsh.
28/08 09:00 SOMERSET: Blagdon Lake.
28/08 DEVON: Warleigh Point.
28/08 09:00 LINCS: Scotter.
28/08 09:00 NOTTS: Woodthorpe.
28/08 10:05 DEVON: Exmouth.
28/08 07:40 DEVON: Yelland.
28/08 LINCS: Chapel St. Leonards.
28/08 11:45 LINCS: East Butterwick.
28/08 12:15 LINCS: Gibraltar Point NNR.
28/08 09:30 LINCS: Horseshoe Point.
28/08 DORSET: Middlebere.
28/08 12:25 LINCS: East Butterwick.
28/08 16:24 LINCS: East Butterwick.
28/08 08:30 E SUSSEX: Weir Wood Reservoir.
28/08 S YORKS: Hatfield Moors.
28/08 ESSEX: Wakering Stairs.
28/08 15:30 DORSET: Morden Park Lake.
28/08 SOMERSET: Shapwick Heath NNR.
28/08 19:15 ESSEX: Wakering Stairs.
28/08 HANTS: Blashford Lakes.
28/08 20:30 LANCS: Leighton Moss RSPB.
28/08 15:57 W SUSSEX: Warnham LNR.
29/08 07:00 LINCS: East Butterwick.
29/08 SOMERSET: Hurlstone Point.
29/08 09:30 ESSEX: Wakering Stairs.
29/08 SUFFOLK: Minsmere RSPB.
29/08 13:20 HANTS: Lower Test Marshes HWT.
29/08 13:15 SOMERSET: Shapwick Heath NNR.