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Tracking Oighrig, Breagha and Caledonia

Sue C
14/08/2013 14:53

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.

  • 15/09/2013 06:13 in reply to scylla

    scylla said:
    I've run out of steam.

    Shall I come over and put the kettle on?

    Our herring gulls are red listed birds.  Think about that the next time you hear some flaming idiot calling for a cull of them.

  • 15/09/2013 06:15 in reply to Clare

    I know exactly what you mean, Clare :-/  There are few things more annoying than sending someone an email, and then when they reply, they _still_ can't be bothered to use the appropriate spelling!

    When it comes to peoples' names, it is about your personal identity, and using the wrong spelling is just way beyond merely rude...

  • 15/09/2013 06:19 in reply to Rachel

    Limpy is particularly unlucky - his first name has rather a unique spelling so he's long since reached the point of automatically spelling it for people as nobody gets it right!

    Our herring gulls are red listed birds.  Think about that the next time you hear some flaming idiot calling for a cull of them.

  • 15/09/2013 06:32 in reply to Rachel

    I'm slightly relieved it wasn't just me being confused ;-/

    Rachel thanks for all the Gaelic explanations - I also studied a bit of linguistics but only got as far as P-Celtic languages vs the Q-Celtic languages, including that Breton and Welsh speaking people can apparently understand each other pretty well! Manx, Irish Gaelic and the various Scots Gaelic dialects all belong in the P-Celtic group I think. I hadn't realised there were so many Gaelic variations within Scotland though!

    O Scylla, I feel your pain re the video titles! Maybe LG should have just stuck to Moffalot!

    Meanwhile it's fantastic to know that the bird still spelt Oighrig is close to his winter destination and his route has been crossing paths with 30(05) from Rutland. How interesting that these brothers' migration patterns are so different!

    Chocoholix shiny new 2018 Interactive Osprey & Chick Chart! (with clickable links!)

  • 15/09/2013 06:41 in reply to chocoholix

    How elegantly you got us back on topic, CHOCO ;-D

    But I must add:

    Cornish is one of the Brittonic languages, which constitute a branch of the Insular Celtic section of the Celtic language family. Brittonic also includes Welsh, Breton and the Cumbric language; the last is extinct. Gàidhlig, Irish, and Manx are part of the separate Goidelic branch of Insular Celtic.

    IMAGICAT

  • 15/09/2013 14:35 in reply to chocoholix

    chocoholix said:
    O Scylla, I feel your pain re the video titles! Maybe LG should have just stuck to Moffalot!

    LOL!  I still think of them as Wotadin and Moffalot - I think they're two of the most entertaining informal names fot the juveniles in recent LG history.

    Our herring gulls are red listed birds.  Think about that the next time you hear some flaming idiot calling for a cull of them.

  • 15/09/2013 15:54 in reply to chocoholix

    chocoholix said:
    Meanwhile it's fantastic to know that the bird still spelt Oighrig is close to his winter destination and his route has been crossing paths with 30(05) from Rutland. How interesting that these brothers' migration patterns are so different!

    Is it sure that they are brothers? Maybe half-brothers?

    Best wishes

    Hazel in Southwest France

  • 15/09/2013 15:58 in reply to Noisette

    It's definitely possible that they're half brothers though I wouldn't like to say which situation is the more likely.  Either brother could be the son of either Odin or Blue XD.

    Our herring gulls are red listed birds.  Think about that the next time you hear some flaming idiot calling for a cull of them.

  • 15/09/2013 16:03 in reply to Clare

    I really, really hope that EJ's and Odin's arrival times are much closer together next year!!

    Our herring gulls are red listed birds.  Think about that the next time you hear some flaming idiot calling for a cull of them.

  • 15/09/2013 16:04 in reply to Clare

    The next question - Whos gene  implants migration into the juvenile Male or Female or is it not like that.

    I would not have a clue how to answer this so anyone expert in this field.