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.
Tiger Signature
As Paul WLW says "when you make holes in a mullet that's what comes out" or words to that effect :)
ChloeB & Tiger's Osprey Data
I must admit, although not surprised that blood gets around like that, I don't think I've ever seen a blood splattered front before. EJ and Odin are generally clean when eating their fish as were the juvies.
Birdie's DU Summaries 2018 https://www.imagicat.com/
With such great quality video we get treated to all the gore don't we? Some people thought Monty was injured.
It looked too fresh and on the surface, rather than oozing from within!!
Super kick off to the new month, thank you TIGER
It seems EMS has said they intend to remove not only the second nest but the T bar beneath it ! to prevent Monty from using it ?
It seems I did see Monty flying off with the fish! The Dyfi chat feed had a link to Dyfi FB with a pic.
Am late with this little slideshow of MONTY:
IMAGICAT
Wow, Breagha has been photographed already - in France!
SheilaFE said: Wow, Breagha has been photographed already - in France!
Fab! Thank you SHEILA :-)
Clarach flew off so Cerist got Monty's fish:
Clarach came back and waited, was just losing patience when Monty the Mag delivered another fish!
Sheila thanks for alert and fabulous news :) It seems a good place for spotting Ospreys France, Rothes, Blue 44 and now Breagh :)