I'm starting a new DU whilst wondering if it is one day too many. We have no ospreys remaining at LG (though Odin has not officially left*) and already a possible loss. Having calmed down since reading that dreaded word "perished", I am putting the emphasis on "possible" and will wait with the rest of my LG friends for a final verdict.
The sky is beginning to lighten over Loch Garten.
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Patily I think Tuesday is family day with a huge host of activities together with general public visits. Maybe later they will post an update. The poor team have to stand being happy and cheery today and probably feel like a very large gin and tonic instead.
It must be so difficult for them LMac.
I wonder whether they have turned the cam off, or whether there is a problem. It's down at present.
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My cam has been down since 1519hr.
Tempo said: Her radar was definite askew Tiger. An incredible journey.
Her radar was definite askew Tiger. An incredible journey.
On the contrary her radar was spot n. It was the weather that drove her out to the Atlantic.
Read the account of her journey. See the flight of SSK
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Thanks for that, TIGER - inspiring. I can just imagine how everyone was longing for Deshar to recover similarly, but Deshar's radar had gone wrong :'(
The thing most concerning me, when I saw the previous blog reporting Seasca over the Bay of Biscay at 21:00 UTC, was that it was already getting dark in a night with no moon - only a small slice rising at dawn. Both Alba and SSK were more lucky under this perspective, with moon at or above the first quarter - which I believe gives much better clues and understanding of where the sea surface is.
I'm using the past tense (for Seasca) in hope that she made it and landed in Spain, not meaning that what we fear actually happened. We need to wait for the next download and we're all anxious to know.
SheilaFE said: As you say she is a young fit bird, well fed and on a mission.
As you say she is a young fit bird, well fed and on a mission.
It never ceases to amaze me that no matter how fit and well prepared these young ospreys are, they only practice their flying for a few kilometres round the nest with short trips. They then embark on a migration flying several 'hundred' kilometres in a single leg, and as has happened in the past, cover the journey to Africa almost non-stop........staggering!!
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I am wondering about the complete loss of signal which would indicate a. Loss in the murky Biscay; b. Darkness and no signal charging?? But we would still get another point reference - somebody with more understanding can help me there or c. Faulty pack. Two potentially positive outcomes and one potentially negative. Unfortunately the realist in me thinks the negative a. I would like to be proven wrong but.........
Unknown said: The thing most concerning me, when I saw the previous blog reporting Seasca over the Bay of Biscay at 21:00 UTC, was that it was already getting dark in a night with no moon - only a small slice rising at dawn. Both Alba and SSK were more lucky under this perspective, with moon at or above the first quarter - which I believe gives much better clues and understanding of where the sea surface is.
Happy to bring evidence against my earlier assertion. I found in RD's book information on S11, he migrated as a juvenile in 2000 and flew at least one night in total darkness - virtually no moon. These birds will always surprise me for what they can do.
All this speculation has a good side-effect - it's keeping me company in the seemingly endless wait to the next batch of info from the satellite. So please keep it up ;-)