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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Great that Oighrig is safely through the desert and Breagha and Caledonia are ok
Oh heck. I was trying to be helpful, but posted on the wrong thread - jsb's Summary of Sat Tracked Osps. I tried to delete it but failed - access denied! So here I try again on a more appropriate thread.
I'm bring SK2's post over here, in the hope that Sue C might pick it up. Blue NN(13) - a new bird, perhaps?
Birdie's DU Summaries 2018 https://www.imagicat.com/
A visitor to Lakenheath Fen saw the osprey there and has posted a photo - I'm putting a link to it here.
Our herring gulls are red listed birds. Think about that the next time you hear some flaming idiot calling for a cull of them.
Thank you CLARE. I can't thank Ronni because the page won't finish refreshing (can't hang around all day!) and there's no reply box :-/
Oh dear, posts are taking ages, hope we're not in for another bout of performance issues :-(
Thank you TIGER for the blog link, that was a lovely dose of reassurance :-)
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You need to join the Lakenheath group to get a reply box.
Performance issues is putting it politely!!
Thanks, CLARE. I shan't join the group, due to mental capacity shortage ;-)
Hi folks, please note I have had to do some editorial and deletion on this thread. Please can I remind you all of our terms and conditions and please treat fellow community members with the respect and courtesy you would expect to receive yourself.
An interesting article about what I assume is actually Red 8T. It is a clear example of the reported dislike of him!! Upsetting the photographer by being the wonderfully dominant bird on the pond and chasing the other birds away! Well done Red 8T - showing the art of survival is far more important than being a model for the photographer.
Sheila. I think that really is Red A8. It is Yorkshire and there is no sign of a tracker on that bird.
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Ah but the main body of the article - though by Yorkshire artist Robert Fuller - is about a series of 6 sessions at Rothiemurchus fish farm, where Red 8T is known for "ruling the roost". I think the photo is just a stock photo of an osprey.