It is August and that means that the ospreys will soon start to leave if they have not done so already.
The weather in July has been exceptionally dry and warm and this has hopefully led to a bumper crop of young ospreys.
Glaslyn led the way in the fledging stakes as usual with the elder chick fledging on Saturday 6 July at the age of 54 days. Many other fledgings quickly followed mostly on 52 days.
The younger of the two chicks at Loch Garten (Breagh) showed that coming from a fourth egg is no handicap at all provided you do not have three older siblings to bash one about. That is exactly the task faced by two #4 chicks at nests in the USA. The chick at Terrapin Cove did not survive but the feisty #4 at Friends of Island Beach State Park did survive to fledge at the age of 57 days. #4 became so good at getting up front for the fish that some people expressed worries that its bigger siblings might not be getting enough! Thus no doubts that four chicks can be successfully raised.
ChloeB and I visited Tweed Valley, Kielder, Threave Castle, Wigtown and Caerlaverock osprey projects. All very interesting.
At Dyfi we have two very late chicks who are growing up very quickly. The strange thing is that Monty has taken to building a new nest. Whatever is in his mind? I guess we will find out in due course.
So one more month of then ospreys and then they will be largely gone for 2013. The season goes so quickly.
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That makes sense, Vespa. I also wouldn't be surprised if someone has specifically sponsored this particular pair of ospreys - with all of the interaction with EJ in the last two seasons I can imagine people being interested in when both Blue XD and Green J return. Given Green J's age I just hope she does return - she's clearly quite a bird.
Our herring gulls are red listed birds. Think about that the next time you hear some flaming idiot calling for a cull of them.
Unknown said:Their can't be many, if any, other UK Osprey's whom Roy can track 10 years after they were originally tracked. He can look at whether destinations have altered as we'll as routes, stop overs etc.
There ar'nt any. Green J was the first osprey ever tracked by Roy Dennis and they set the tracker to come on about 25 August 1999. When it did she was already in Spain and they thought that she was at a stopover. Well she wasn't, she had completed her migration. Since she had a battery tracker it only lasted a year and Roy had to catch her again and track her in 2000.
That's interesting TIGER Whereabouts in Spain was she?
patily said: That's interesting TIGER Whereabouts in Spain was she?
Here is migration of Green J in 1999 and 2000
It is very close to where Blue 44 was when he went missing.
Hazel b said: There ar'nt any. Green J was the first osprey ever tracked by Roy Dennis and they set the tracker to come on about 25 August 1999. When it did she was already in Spain and they thought that she was at a stopover. Well she wasn't, she had completed her migration. Since she had a battery tracker it only lasted a year and Roy had to catch her again and track her in 2000.
Unknown said:I'm never sure if any others of those early tracked birds are still around; Brown SI is the one that springs to mind.
That is a very good point. Brown SI ( S01 ) has never been mentioned again to my knowledge. Similarly White HN (S07) and orange SO ( S10 )
Orange SO would be 25 years old now.
Interestingly it says that the mother of SSK (A Norwegian osprey) ousted S07 from her nest in 2000. Now there is no tracking evidence that S07 actually returned to Britain but she must have done.
Hazel b said: Interestingly it says that the mother of SSK (A Norwegian osprey) ousted S07 from her nest in 2000. Now there is no tracking evidence that S07 actually returned to Britain but she must have done.
deleted on Satelite tracked Ospreys non lG.
I see 30 (05) a female at Rutland has been tracked and will not elaborate.
I am so sorry but again not what was posted. How can you trust and I am open minded.
On a positive note lets hope they do ok and maybe better stats than juvies. Look forward to following and open minded
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Check out this great picture from the Arne blog:
Osprey and crow