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!
29/08 WEXFORD: Tacumshin.
29/08 15:15 ESSEX: Weir Wood Reservoir.
29/08 STAFFS: Blithfield Reservoir.
sandy said: 28/08 15:57 W SUSSEX: Warnham LNR.
28/08 15:57 W SUSSEX: Warnham LNR.
Sandy, Thanks for the update. I had noticed this sighting on Birdguides, and have just added Warnham LNR to the growing list of places I haven't seen a migrating osprey!
Oh Sue, so sorry you haven't been successful so far this season. Don't give up though, there's plenty of time, and plenty of ospreys yet to venture South. Very best of luck!
Well, at least I got to see them at Manton Bay. Part of the problem is that I do a lot of walking, so I don't have the patience to sit down for long periods and wait for birds to come to me - I imagine that if I go for a walk around, I'll see something. The forecast looks good for next week, so I'm hoping to make it back to Weir Wood and to Thorney Island.
29/08 15:30 KENT: Chartham.
29/08 16:09 SOMERSET: Shapwick Heath NNR.
29/08 16:20 DEVON: Bowling Green Marsh RSPB.
and yet another one for Sue:
29/08 10:30 E SUSSEX: Brighton.
29/08 DORSET: Swineham Point.
29/08 09:30 LOTHIAN: Edinburgh.
29/08 08:30 LANCS: Leighton Moss RSPB.
29/08 16:19 DORSET: Poole Harbour.
29/08 DEVON: Exminster Marshes RSPB.
A couple of notable ones this morning:
FOUR IN DORSET:
30/08 11:39 DORSET : Osprey, Middlebere [S]four noted this morning around Middlebere ChannelJUVENILE IN CORNWALL:
30/08 11:08 CORNWALL : Osprey, College Reservoir [S]immature early morning before flying off south (08:45)
29/08 GLAMORGAN: Wernffrwd, Gower.
Early ones from today, in addition to Alan's, above:
30/08 09:30 SOMERSET: Taunton.
30/08 09:45 DORSET: Morden Park Lake.
30/08 10:41 LANCS: Brockholes Nature Reserve LWT.
30/08 SOMERSET: Shapwick Heath NNR.
30/08 HANTS: Blashford Lakes.
30/08 15:30 DEVON: Warleigh Point.
30/08 17:15 E SUSSEX: Weir Wood Reservoir.