At the start of last month I said that the osprey season was drawing to a close, well it is virtually all over now.
At Loch Garten, EJ, Odin and the chicks have now all migrated. Unfortunately it now looks as if Seasca has come to harm. The good news is that Millicent has made it safely to Spain. The big wait for the return of EJ and Odin has begun. It is only about 204 days (over 29 weeks) until we can expect to see EJ again.
Lady at Loch of The Lowes finally left on August 4th. Will we ever see her again? Hopefully I will be able to answer that in April 2015.
Glaslyn has had a fabulous year. Another three fabulous chicks raised and yet another Glaslyn chick (Blue 80) identified as returning.
Dyfi raised two great chicks viz. Gwynant and Deri. Gwynant has left on migration and so Deri has the fish supply to herself.
Kielder continues to do well and we await the first tracking reports of three of their eight juveniles.
We had sad news from Dunrovin where the male called Ozzie was found dead. Very sad when a famous osprey comes to harm. To make matters worse thee is a suggestion that Harriet may have picked up and injury too.
Rutland still has its Manton Bay pair around. They are making sure that no other osprey tries to steal their prime nesting site.
So you best enjoy the last views of the few ospreys left. It will be a while before they are back.
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Great to see RD & MD with all those Osprey chicks in Roy's shed! Looking forward to the Iberian part tomorrow for more info & really hope this translocation works well for Spain ... just think, more mating pairs, more chicks to add to the pool & more live webcams!!
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It was a lovely article and nice to see something of RD's set up in his garage. I too loved that young feisty chick that was put back. I know we won't, but I would love to know how it fares.
Although I have read a lot about Rutlands translocation project it was great to see translocation in action Looking forward to tonight's episode
patily said:Although I have read a lot about Rutlands translocation project it was great to see translocation in action Looking forward to tonight's episode
Yes there is nothing like seeing something happen in real time. Well there are at least three more years of this.
I do do believe one of the birds tracked in this project from last year , is still dong well.
This is the active osprey chat thread.
Good news from The Lake District Ospreys
Hazel b said: Loved the article on the translocation to Basque country. Still see it here It is at about 7.16pm Loved the collection of ospreys in Roy's shed. It was great the way the feisty one kept trying to peck him.
Loved the article on the translocation to Basque country.
Still see it here
It is at about 7.16pm
Loved the collection of ospreys in Roy's shed. It was great the way the feisty one kept trying to peck him.
Is there a way I can watch it now?
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noc said:Is there a way I can watch it now?
Yes on iplayer for Monday 1 September from about 19 minutes
On iplayer for Tuesday 2 September 2014 from about 19 minutes too.
Finally managed to watch second half of translocation project ... absolutely marvellous viewing, seeing those juveniles fledge was truly amazing as was listening to RD's dulcet tones ... that man has a lovely voice!!
Thanks for link TM (on the right thread Lol) although I had recorded it from TV so I will be able to watch again on big screen!
Wonderful! How exciting to see them fledge. Thanks TIGER for the links.