Well the beginning of September usually marks the end of the osprey season. This year we still have two chicks at Dyfi who may well be here for another month. What two magnificent chicks they are.
Cerist provided drama just after fledging by going missing for 53 hours. I had the good fortune to be right there in the Dyfi Visitor Centre when she returned.
Also there is the vexed question of Monty's second nest and what will happen to it over the winter? My view is that given the chance he would use it in the spring.
The Loch Garten season came to a quiet end with the whole family leaving over the space of a few days and Oighrig and Breagh are now in Spain and France respectively.
We also had news of a chick from a four chick nest in Sutherland dropping in at Dyfi. Apparently there have been two four chick nests this year. So it has been a good year for ospreys which is not the same for other raptors as they have had a poor season.
We also had news of the translocation of 12 Scottish ospreys to northern Spain.
Anyway it is now down to the long wait until our feathered friends return in 2014.
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Thanks for starting the new month, Tiger. I'm popping another link to Arne here - they seem to be having a joyous time with ospreys at the moment! I bet all of the goings-on around Poole will be cheering Margo up, anyway. Here we go:
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Our herring gulls are red listed birds. Think about that the next time you hear some flaming idiot calling for a cull of them.
Hazel b said:I had the good fortune to be right there in the Dyfi Visitor Centre when she returned.
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LOL! What are the pair of you like? Next thing you'll be telling me is that Rachel was there as well.
Nevvah! :D
I think he's a hopeless case, Clare! Untrainable and unreformable.
Strictly speaking, of course, I'd had to leave by the time naughty girl deigned to come close enough to be identified. I did, however, see her _before_ either Tiger or anyone else - we just didn't know it was her at the time ;-)
Yah, show off! ;D
He's not completely untrainable you know and he can be quite uselessful at times :D
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If you're going to let him off suppose I might forgive him too ;)
I won't ask what you've trained him to do, Chloe! LOL!!
LOL just as well... :D
Lovely start to the month Tiger. It will be fascinating to see what Oighrig does next. Will he head up to Seville? I'm watching Monty at the moment looking very alert at a windy Dyfi, and a lot of blood on his chest, thought to be from his mullet lunch.
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