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!
Thanks Debbie & here's confirmation:
22/08 14:30 E SUSSEX: Weir Wood Reservoir.
Good morning Sandy and thanks for the osprey sightings. They really are on the move now although some might be held up now with the dreadful weather in the South in the night.
Margobird
22/08 & 23/08 HANTS: Lower Test Marshes HWT.
22/08 22:35 ESSEX: Pett Levels.
22/08 22:42 LEICS: Albert Village.
22/08 17:30 NOTTS: Chilwell.
23/08 08:40 LINCS: Scotter.
23/08 LANCS: Leighton Moss RSPB.
23/08 LONDON: Totteridge Valley.
23/08 12:00 NORFOLK: Strumpshaw Fen RSPB.
23/08 12:50 ESSEX: Wakering Stairs.
23/08 12:50 & 14:10 SOMERSET: Shapwick Heath NNR.
23/08 HANTS: Lower Test Marshes HWT.
23/08 09:55 ESSEX: Weir Wood Reservoir.
23/08 LONDON: Beddington SF.
Lots today Sandy. I make today the busiest for sightings since 05/04/2010.
Yes, Alan, migration is picking up apace now - it'll be peaking in the next week or two I guess.
23/08 08:30 SURREY: Staines Moor.
23/08 NORFOLK: Strumpshaw Fen RSPB.
23/08 DORSET: Arne RSPB.
23/08 BUCKS: Stokenchurch.
23/08 18:30 DORSET: Lytchett Bay.
23/08 20:15 NOTTS: Carburton.
23/08 GLAMORGAN: Wernffrwd, Gower.
Mystery osprey at Caerlaverock could be Black 4B:
http://www.wwt.org.uk/visit-us/caerlaverock/osprey-diary/mystery-osprey-on-saltcot-merse-this-morning
Unknown said: Mystery osprey at Caerlaverock could be Black 4B: http://www.wwt.org.uk/visit-us/caerlaverock/osprey-diary/mystery-osprey-on-saltcot-merse-this-morning
Thanks for that Alan perhaps in a couple of years time a LG osprey will be seen at another site.
Thanks Sandy for more sightings, yet again two of them quite near to me.
Not quite so busy today:
23/08 11:00 LINCS: Scunthorpe.
23/08 SOMERSET: Shapwick Heath NNR.
24/08 CUMBRIA: Tindale Tarn.
24/08 NORFOLK: Strumpshaw Fen RSPB.
24/08 11:00 NOTTS: Welbeck watchpoint.
24/08 13:35 IOW: Newtown Harbour NNR.
24/08 13:50 NOTTS: Welbeck watchpoint.
24/08 13:50 NORFOLK: Cantley Beet Factory.