Satellite Tracked Ospreys (non-LG) Oct 2014 -

Thanks jaydee, another enjoyable blog. Glad to read he is a bit more settled at times.  Will be interesting to see what happens once the adults start their return journeys.

Starling said:

Thanks jaydee, another enjoyable blog. Glad to read he is a bit more settled at times.  Will be interesting to see what happens once the adults start their return journeys.

Thanks, Starling. It will be very interesting to see if UV's behaviour changes in March. 30(05)'s departure will give a good indication of when adults are leaving the area. At the moment he is exploring much more than in Portugal or Cintra, although it is impossible to know how much of that is pure lack of familiarity with an ocean fishing environment plus more ospreys and other birds in the area. At Cintra he mainly fished round the lagoon area so very different. Also there is more human activity albeit small scale.

Thanks jaydee. I think / and hope that we may see him settle when the breeding adults leave. He must be able to fish or he wouldn't still be exploring the area. He knows best :-))

Unknown said:

He must be able to fish or he wouldn't still be exploring the area. 

Brenda, he is definitely fishing OK or he wouldn't be flying as far and as fast on his explorations. We are trying to be as accurate as possible and on a number of occasions he has probably caught a fish from his behaviour and the tracker temperature gauge. But especially early in the day the fixes are 40 mins or so apart so it is still a bit speculative. Hence no specific instances in the blog.

Thanks jaydee. I could never question your accuracy. In fact, your blogs are so full of detail and information, that you outclass any other blog.  Thank you once again.

Unknown said:

Thanks jaydee. I could never question your accuracy. In fact, your blogs are so full of detail and information, that you outclass any other blog.  Thank you once again.

Yes jaydee does brilliant blogs and takes tracking to a new level. 

Update on Kielder UV

Thank you jaydee for the latest instalment of what is an exciting journey with UV.  I'm looking forward to the adults returning to see what he will do next, if anything.  I would prefer him to stay away from any fish farm though.

As always, Jaydee, thank you for yet another excellent blog. As Starling says, I also can't wait to see what he does when the breeding birds leave. I do hope he stays safe.