Continued from Osprey Chat Thread September 2013
At the beginning of September I said that the osprey season should have been all over but it wasn't. Well it is now. Yes the two very late osprey chicks at Dyfi viz. Clarach and Cerist finally migrated on 18th and 20th September respectively. They were incredibly well fed chicks and are now presumably well on their way to Africa. Hopefully they will return to Britain in 2015 but since they are not tracked it will be a very long and anxious wait.
Meanwhile the latest European trans location project to Basque country began to report in earnest. Five of the birds are tracked and four of them are slogging their way through the Sahara as I write. For details see here
The 2013 osprey has been the most exciting for me ever and I have now seen 15 osprey seasons. Maybe it is because more and more people are taking an interest and doing their own little pieces. Surely this can only bee good for ospreys and their well being. So all that remains is for us to follow the tracked birds to their destinations and then begin the long wait until it all begins again in March 2014.
Let us hope we all be ready for an exciting 2014
Tiger Signature
Thank you for mention of this in other thread, Mike. It is a lovely film. It was good to meet Maddie at LotL too. Think I last saw her on ringing and tagging day.
Mike B said: I would reccomend viewing the film mentioned in this link, It features LoL and is a fascinating film
I would reccomend viewing the film mentioned in this link, It features LoL and is a fascinating film
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 MIKE What a beautiful and interesting film. Much food for thought too.
One query though It said in the commentary re:ospreys that tracking showed that young ospreys wintered in the same place as their parents but I thought that so far we have no evidence for that Isn't that an aspect that RD is interested in?
These have to be the most stunning pictures up to now. Even got the "eye of the Sahara".
You need to look at the Spanish version to get the later pictures.
Best to use Google Chrome to translate in my opinion.
Lovely film - and lovely to see Lady again. Great footage of the swifts - another favourite bird of mine.
I was looking through some bookmarks the other day and I came across this one. I feel sure that some of you will remember this bird.
Thanks for that, Tiger - she looked so much like EJ, didn't she?
Clare Bailey said: Thanks for that, Tiger - she looked so much like EJ, didn't she?
Yes she did look quite like EJ.
The ospreys trans-located to Spain are through the Sahara.
Lovely sequence of Mallachie Tiger - I remember looking at them before also! So sad she did not survive.