This is a new thread to follow the travels of these three young ospreys from the Loch Garten nest.
Millicent
This female juvenile is the eldest of the 2014 brood, hatched on 17th May and fledged on 12th July. Millicent’s ring is Blue/White AN0
Seasca
Also female, the second of the 2014 brood, hatched 19th May and fledged on 15th July. Seasca’s ring is Blue/White AN9.
LG blog on the ringing and tagging of Millicent & Seasca. Their younger sister Druie is not tagged, but ringed Blue/White AN8.
Breagha
A male from the 2013 brood, hatched 28th May and fledged on 19th July. Breagha’s ring is Blue/white CF4.
LG blog on the ringing and tagging Breagha and elder sibling Oighrig.
The migrations of Breagha and Oighrig were previously followed in this thread. Contact was lost with Oighrig in January 2014, but Breagha has survived and is living in the tidal creeks of the Casamance river in southern Senegal.
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I can't believe it. I have been following the nest since 2008 when Deshar flew out into the Atlantic. I had high hopes for Rothes, and then Caledonia. I just wish that Breagha stays safe.
I can understand why LG wants to pull out of tagging, I suspect because of the cost, but I wonder whether that has come from upstairs rather than at LG. These birds continue to surprise us by what they do and where they go. Why do they decide to move when they have been so settled? Could education, such as RW does, help? I dare say it is not only through illness, injury, attack by great horned owls and jackals that osprey meet their end.
Oh dear.
Birdie's DU Summaries 2018 https://www.imagicat.com/
Sorry I duplicated you, ALAN - and with such bad news, too :-(
What a tragedy! Heartbroken
So sad.
Birdies LG DU update.
My last recorded sighting of Millie - she had just got a fish from Odin:
very sad news
How sad
Such sad news.
I am so very sad, I read about it on facebook, and I have read all the reasons about tagging, and that it wont be done anymore, and although I have followed these beautiful birds since Deshar, I still don't kmow anywhere near enough about them to realy comment, but I am glad they wont be tagged anymore, they have enough to cope with without the added burden of the tagging devise, and look how the older birds come back year after year without any radios attached, Im sure ringing them will be enough, and has been said they will migrate and we can just be thankful they have, and hope they stay safe and maybe one day return.
The more you rush, the longer it takes