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!
WHOOPEE!! Check this one out:12/03 17:16 EAST YORKSHIRE : Osprey, Hornsea Mere [S]one present today
12/03 19:03 LINCOLNSHIRE : Osprey, Greetwell [S]one moved north over Greetwell early afternoon (12:30)
2 migrants sighted over Col de L'escrinet today:http://www.migraction.net/index.php?m_id=112&frmSite=31&graph=synthesis&action=list&year=2010
1 migrant over Pierre Aiguille today:
http://www.migraction.net/index.php?m_id=112&frmSite=5&graph=synthesis&action=list&year=2010
Lots of news after a few days away!
Osprey observers on the Loire are now reporting about a third of their breeding pairs have returned, with additional "singletons" flirting with other nests, and partners:
Blog of the Etang du Ravoir http://suivi-balbuzard-ravoir.francis-digiscopie.fr/
Groupe Pandion: http://balbuzard.over-blog.net/
This is 2 1/2 weeks after the first osprey was seen in the area, which may give some idea of what to expect in Scotland. The mystery is, how did all these birds get up there? There have only been a handful of sightings on Faune-Aquitaine, other "Faune" sites I've looked at, and Migraction.net
Alan, I would guess the regular F-A sightings at Saint-André-de-Seignanx & the Marais d'Orx, effectively the same place, are of the one or two birds which have been there all winter, so these don't necessarily indicate migration in progress, unless someone reports seeing half a dozen ospreys there. The Migraction sites of Col de l'Escrinet and Pierre Aiguille are on either side of the Rhone valley, perhaps a more likely route for German & Scandinavian birds than UK ones (we now know Karin follows that route).
Thanks Sue C. I did think that the sightings of migrants at Col de L'Escrinet and Pierre Aiguille were more likely to be German or Scandinavian birds but at this stage a sighting is a sighting and it is hard to contain the building excitement and anticipation.
13/03 19:00 CORNWALL : Osprey, Wadebridge [S]one flew low over the town this evening (17:40)
2 more migrants sighted over Pierre Aiguille today:
1 today on Faune Aquitaine:Lac de l'Ayguelongue / Momas (64)1 Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) [Laurent Kurek ]
A Scottish osprey was seen at Bassenthwaite in the middle of the week.
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