This is a new thread to follow the travels of these three young ospreys from the Loch Garten nest.
Oighrig
This male juvenile is the elder of the 2013 brood, hatched on 25th May and fledged on 16th July.
Oighrig’s ring is Blue/white CF5
Breagha
Also male, the younger of the 2013 brood, hatched 28th May and fledged on 19th July.
Breagha’s ring is Blue/white CF4.
LG blog on the ringing and tagging of Oighrig & Breagha
Caledonia
Hatched on 16th May 2012, fledged on 14th July and left Loch Garten on 19th August.
The travels of Caledonia and her sister Alba were first followed in this thread, now closed. Caledonia is the first juvenile osprey tracked from Loch Garten to settle in Europe; she has been living on the northern outskirts of Seville for nearly a year now.
Caledonia’s ring is Blue/White AA1, reading downwards. LG blog on the ringing and tagging of Caledonia & Alba.
Getting this thread back on track again after it had gone off topic above, I blame it on Mike LOL!
I was thinking we should be due an update on Breagha, it was the 17th the last blog and Richard didn't mention when the next update was due, so should we be due an update tomorrow? Lets hope that Breagha is still OK....
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Mary
Yes the data should be available from Friday.
These were Breagha's positions in the last update, along what looks like a mangrove creek.
Thanks Sue C, much appreciated.
Thanks Sue, I hope he remains safe there.
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Breagha updated to 24.01 on GE:
Breagha 's latest position:
Thanks, Alan! Fingers crossed....
Kind regards, Ann
I would think that the area where Breagha seems to be settling is mangrove swamp, rather than forest.
Interestingly, there is an ongoing project in Casamance to replant mangrove swamps - see this article
The village of Diakene which is mentioned is only a couple of miles from Breagha's patch.
Thanks for that linke SueC - everything crossed for Breagha, hope he stays safe, LG are due a bit of good luck!
That is very strange, I got into this thread in the usual way by clicking on last post, now its another thread not working as it is now giving the blank screen when clicking on last post and having to revert back to the usual way of clicking on the thread and then double arrows to get to last post. So the Site is still behaving in an odd manner. One minute OK next its blank!