So this is the month you have been waiting on, the month when EJ and Odin should return to Loch Garten and set off a new breeding cycle. This will be the seventh year of them as a couple. Before the month is out we will know a lot more than we know now.
Right now we do know that the ospreys are moving north but it is a question of when will be the first osprey back on its nest in Britain. In recent years that honour has fallen to 3 (97) the great rutland patriarch. Start checking the skies from the 15 March onwards.
There will be much anxiety as to whether Lady arrives. She is not expected until the end of March.
The Glaslyn pair are usually very early too and they usually get down to breeding right away. They hold the record of the earliest ever osprey egg known to be laid in Britain.
Then there is Monty and Glesni. I know they are not due in March but Blue 24 is. Will Blue 24 be around for another season of harassment? We await the answer to that one with interest.
Then there are all those nests in the Lake District now. Will Bassenthwaite get a tracked osprey home. White 14 looks as if he might be heading north already.
Then of course there is Kielder. The one thing we can be sure of is that we get plenty of news from Kielder and the two Welsh males there.
So it is all beginning and no rest now until September.
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Karen W said:I do hope Blue YD is sighted and Rothie too. I wonder if he will visit LoTL again? Yeah, the excitement is definitely building up :-)
BTW are you on Facebook?
Chris Wood went out to the Gambia to look for Rothiemurchus but did not find him.
Tiger - no, I don't bother with FB but feel I should - so much info there. One for my to do list I think.
Very disappointing to read Chris didn't see him. Fingers crossed he is sighted. Now I am really hoping he stops off at LoTL again so we see him.
He did see other ospreys around but not Rothiemurchus.
KAREN - Nice to see you back on the threads and posting just as the ospreys start their journey back.
Welcome Home - and hope the rest has put you in the mood for the 2015 osprey season.
Hazel b said: He did see other ospreys around but not Rothiemurchus.
Tiger - good to know and am wondering if any were ringed/known to us. I must get on FB and read up
Unknown said: KAREN - Nice to see you back on the threads and posting just as the ospreys start their journey back. Welcome Home - and hope the rest has put you in the mood for the 2015 osprey season.
Hi Keith - my favourite time of year as you know :-) There is so much to look forward to. Hopefully we will see White 14 cross the channel :-)
I am trying to get up to date having missed the end of last season and am sorely missing seeing JSB's spreadsheet. Hopefully all is well with him. Keith I remember you having a list. Did you keep it up to date?
And Tiger - once more thanks for your links. I find the info you save invaluable.
I also hope that JSB is okay.
Karen, it's great to see you! One of the best things about March is that people I've missed start making a reappearance. Let's hope that JSB will soon post.
Our herring gulls are red listed birds. Think about that the next time you hear some flaming idiot calling for a cull of them.
Hi, Popped on to see what news of "our Ospreys". Will be near LG 14th to 21st March but fear this may be too early to see EJ. Will be watching the fish farm daily......just in case!
Yes!!!!!! Alan has posted the first UK sighting of the month, in Yorkshire!