It is the first day of a new month and the last osprey free month as far as us in Britain are concerned.
Mind you our first thoughts today are where Millie is? After a long stay near the Senegal river she took off south on 17 January and we anxious await the next download to see where she has ended up.
The wait for both EJ and Odin is getting really short now.
Just exactly when will they arrive? Will Blue XD be racing north in contrast to last year when the weather was somewhat against him?
The other big question is "Will Lady Return?" I said a year ago that I was not ruling it out and I am not going to this year either.
Mind you last season has not really finished at Kielder yet with all the antics of the tracked juveniles.
Last year we were asking if Blue YD would move north. Well as most of you know he did but then disappointingly his transmitter failed in Yorkshire. This year of course the big question is will Blue CF4 move north? I feel sure he will. Of course Blue CF4 is better known to us as Breagha. What a huge excitement his return should be.
There is so much excitement to look forward to. Better get all the housework and other chores done as from 1st March there is going to be little time to catch up (on the housework that is).
What great excitement lies in store?
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White 14 is on the move. Is he on his way back to the UK or has he just heard that a member of this board was trying to find him?
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Such sad news. I did a Caledonia thread Memories of Caledonia
Unfortunately I have not got time to write anything now. If anyone wants to start one then go ahead.
Then there is the Gone but not Forgotten thread
Tiger, I am confused has something else happened as not sure what else needs to be written I think you and the others did a very good job of contributing.
Unknown said: Tiger, I am confused has something else happened as not sure what else needs to be written I think you and the others did a very good job of contributing.
Sadly Milly has been lost.
Oh no will go and read
Well yesterday was a sad one but today is a very exciting one. A pair of osprey enthusiasts out in the Gambia are going to look for Rothiemurchus. Now Rothiemurchus is a superstar osprey who was the first British osprey to carry a working transmitter to Africa and back. However since 9th November he has not been phoning home. Question is has to come to harm or has his tracker fallen off? We may get to find out later today.
The great news was that they spotted a British osprey out in the Gambia yesterday. It will be interesting to find out the identity of the bird.