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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Thank you so much to MIKE for your PMs about posh links and your excellantly clear instructions BIRDIE on the tech thread
patily said: 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
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
Thanks Keith I must remember to practice
There was an osprey picture posted here and it is a real conundrum
Just what rings does it have.
Looks like a darvic on the left leg , if i'm looking at the right photo
but I can't see a BTO ring
Tiger - having enlarged the picture to the point where my screen is pretty much 'all feet' - it is interesting. I would say that there is a ring, but only one. It looks roughly Darvic-sized, but at the granularity of the image there's no hope of reading anything on it. There doesn't seem to be a corresponding close-fitting metal band, unless it is fitted so closely that I can't see any trace of it.
Definitely a puzzle.
Unknown said: Looks like a darvic on the left leg , if i'm looking at the right photo but I can't see a BTO ring
That is the start of the conundrum, yes.
Janet M said: Tiger - having enlarged the picture to the point where my screen is pretty much 'all feet' - it is interesting. I would say that there is a ring, but only one. It looks roughly Darvic-sized, but at the granularity of the image there's no hope of reading anything on it. There doesn't seem to be a corresponding close-fitting metal band, unless it is fitted so closely that I can't see any trace of it. Definitely a puzzle.
Indeed. Quite a puzzle. Also is it an adult male or a juvenile?
Mmmm, see what you mean TIGER. There looks to be what could be the silver edging to the feathers on the left wing
On the other hand it could be rain drops. Too difficult to see properly to make a judgement - the eye colour not clear enough to judge by that either ( although, of course, there is always the ''Monty'' syndrome where that is concerned from now on.)
Looks adult to me
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