I have just had a look at Sanibel cam and I see an Osprey has arrived. No idea who it is - is it Ripply from last year or a new bird. I remember last year finding a facebook/blog page about this nest but for the life of me can't remember what it was so can't compare images from last season, so if anyone else can remember......
scylla said: Can we put FK8 on GE?
Can we put FK8 on GE?
This question applies to all tracked birds, actually. I'm afraid that we cannot rely on a list of "public nests", safeguarding birds is not just that.
We have been asked to responsibly retain confidential information we might get to know and this should take precedence over any possible list. I believe this is the reason why the RSPB cannot take care of providing a list as suggested. Some examples follow, please mind that - as a non-UK resident - I cannot have detailed knowledge of places mentioned back in the thread and judge whether confidential information has been actually disclosed or not in the past.
As we can see, there can be no list telling what nests can be appropriately reported in our posts. Everything highly depends on what is going to be reported. There might be some haze in it, true, as there's haze in every human judgment. This is where moderation by the RSPB can step in to prevent us from going off track.
Back to Scylla's question: in my opinion information disclosed by the Forestry Commission is already public and there's nothing wrong in spreading it. If the location of the nest is secret, I expect the FC having stripped sensitive data before.
Thank you, Roberto :-)
I have asked on the Tweed Valley blog if there is a publicly available KML file - but I forgot to tick "notify me of replies", dang! I'm sure to forget to check.
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To be straight honest, I did not even know about FK8 before your post. I just googled few keywords and saw pages apparently published or controlled by the Forestry Commission mentioning that everybody will be able to follow the bird on GE. I just had the time to give a quick look before going off and did not search for the KML source, though. There was also a reference to RD website, but no mention there. Maybe it still needs to be updated.
At the website I only saw maps similar to those Roy shares. They can in my understanding be safely considered public domain. The Forestry Commission is obviously a well recognized organization and can be considered a reliable source of publicly available data.
EDIT: the reference to RD website was actually for Beatrice. Still no clues if the KML for FK8 will be released to public, Google Earth is mentioned many times but it's said to be used to draw maps.
Update from Kielder and a plug for the BBC The One Show on 1 and 2 Sept, featuring Roy Dennis and the Basque Country Osprey Reintroduction Project.
Thanks jaydee. Must remember to watch those.
ChloeB & Tiger's Osprey Data
Thanks JAYDEE
I know you do not want to hear any more bad news but this is so sad. See Harriet
Tiger Signature
Thank you for the link Tiger. What a shame.
© Scottish Wildlife Trust - Loch of the Lowes
I expect this should be in a specialist thread but haven't time to look for it (doing Dyfi and peregrines with videos seizing up):
A Scottish Osprey dropped in at Kielder Nest 2 last week, details here