Osprey sightings 2014

France,Gironde:

Thursday, January 16th, 2014

Ile aux Oiseaux-Cabanes Tchanquées / Teste-de-Buch (La) (33)

1 Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)

[Réserve Naturelle Banc D'arguin ]

Comment :

WI20143304E, Thierry Duprat, jean-Jacques Boubert, D. Delorme, V. Lalande, M. Grandpierre

Not sure about this one:

France,Gard:

samedi 18 janvier 2014

mas aberlen / Remoulins (30)

1 Balbuzard pêcheur (Pandion haliaetus)

[Jean-Marc Villalard ]

Remarque :

arrive de l'est sous une pluie battante, déjà silhouette de balbu, et va se poser sur un arbre, (jumelles)environ 200m ; "posture verticale, taille sup ou égale buse, manteau sombre, pattes jaunes visibles, tête blanche (même à l'arrière) avec marques autour de l’œil, poitrine et ventre blanc, queue large et longue, impression que les ailes et la queue "enveloppent le corps", sous-caudales sombres

"Bing" translation.

"arrives from the East in the pouring rain, already balbu silhouette, and will arise on a tree, (binoculars) about 200 m; "upright posture, size sup or equal nozzle, dark coat, visible yellow legs, bald (even at the back) with brands eye autour, breast and white belly, wide and long tail, feel the wings and the tail"envelop the body", dark undertail"

Hi All

Yesterday afternoon i observed an osprey from a distance of approx. 5 metres whilst driving from dunsfold, surrey, to alfold (near sharp corner in the road by three compasses pub).

the bird was eating a rabbit carcass by the road edge, flew up to an overhead tree, remained there for about a minute then flew off. needless to say i had an excellent view of the bird for some considerable length of time & i am absolutely convinced it was an osprey. of course it begs the question of what it is doing in the country in january.

i understand my sighting cannot be confirmed, but i hope someone else will spot the bird in the near future.

Kind Regards

Stuart Dawson

Unknown said:

Hi All

Yesterday afternoon i observed an osprey from a distance of approx. 5 metres whilst driving from dunsfold, surrey, to alfold (near sharp corner in the road by three compasses pub).

the bird was eating a rabbit carcass by the road edge, flew up to an overhead tree, remained there for about a minute then flew off. needless to say i had an excellent view of the bird for some considerable length of time & i am absolutely convinced it was an osprey. of course it begs the question of what it is doing in the country in january.

i understand my sighting cannot be confirmed, but i hope someone else will spot the bird in the near future.

Kind Regards

Stuart Dawson

Well it would be a very remarkable sighting indeed if it were to be eating a rabbit. Ospreys normally only eat fish.

Could it have been a pale buzzard like this?

or this?

Thanks Hazel. That could be the same osprey sighted on 16th further south at Ile aux Oiseaux-Cabanes Tchanquées / Teste-de-Buch

Faune-vendee

18/1/2014 1 Osprey seen by Gerard Besseau lac d'Albert, Xanton-Chassenon.

Another for saturday, it's possible that they are now coming back, but it seems very early to me.

nature.79 (deux-sevres)

19/1/2014 Osprey seen by Xavier Rabeyrat at les Egaillis, Chizé. Comment : It was flying south, turned around & landed for 15 minutes & then flew off after being bothered by crows.

Another one around, but not far from the one in the vendee on 18/01.