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
Tiger and I went to Threave this year too Valerie, first time for us. Yes it is a lovely area.
ChloeB & Tiger's Osprey Data
[Edited by moderators] It's being discussed with some interest on the last active nest thread (Dyfi) what Monty might or might not do given that he's now overdue to migrate. I personally think he'll stay until the girls are ready.
Our herring gulls are red listed birds. Think about that the next time you hear some flaming idiot calling for a cull of them.
The person who erroneously posted that picture of a white tailed eagle yesterday thinking it was an osprey has now posted some really good WTE pictures. Nobody will be laffin now! :)
Yes she has got some really good ones hasn't she? :)
Without a tracker this time.
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There is a new blog from Mike.
Clare Bailey said: There is a new blog from Mike.
Followed one hour later by one from Richard!.
Birdies LG DU update.
The live nest cam view has now switched to feeder cam..still heavily pixellated.
Here is my last view from the still cam which now shows 'No signal'
~1001 ....
Season ends. Until next year... :-)
The way the time is flying it will soon be here TBOL :)
This is just a post to practice my newly learnt posh links. It is the BBC Nature info on ospreys but the initial picture is FANTASTIC