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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I cannot find a blog for Caerlaverock/news of the family's migration but presume they have all gone by now
There is an International Osprey Conference in Orleans, France from 27-29th September. Many experts are attending this symposium apart from the French, there will be Roy Dennis and Tim Mackrill and others.
Some LPO urls are not working, including the one that gives the programme.
The international effort to reintroduce the osprey to European countries is certainly gathering momentum.
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Sat track schedule Spring 2014
LG 7 days; RW & SWT nil; LDOP varies
Let's hope something good comes from it - has one of these been held before? I certainly couldn't imagine one without Roy Dennis attending.
Our herring gulls are red listed birds. Think about that the next time you hear some flaming idiot calling for a cull of them.
Claire: Here is a translation....it is the first to be held in France.
"From the 27 to September 29, 2013, the Natural history museum of the natural science of Orleans will accomodate the first international conference Balbuzard organized in France. This event will make it possible to develop the projects and the strategy to be drawn for the future."
It's always good to see other people who care about these wonderful birds. Thanks, JSB.
jsb said: There is an International Osprey Conference in Orleans, France from 27-29th September. Many experts are attending this symposium apart from the French, there will be Roy Dennis and Tim Mackrill and others.
It's not far from where Breagha is hanging out at the moment! Roy Dennis should pop over to see if he can spot him! Alternatively, Breagha should put in an appearance to tell it how it is, from the osprey's beak as it were!
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........and also very near Osprey Central for France, the Orleans Forest. :)
So you can bet that part of the conference will be popping out for sightings, then - it was sensible of them to choose a part of France known for ospreys.
How interesting - thanks for that, jsb.