The month at Loch Garten began with a strange feeling of how was the summer going to be got in. Well that proved to be quite easy as Odin and EJ provided plenty of displays for the cameras.
Breagha excited us with his first trip north. In the event he came back to his favourite stopover site in France and there he has remained up to now.
The Loch of the Lowes family have grown quickly and now two have been satellite tagged and ringed with one being just ringed.
The Manton bay family have grown quickly too and have now been ringed.
The Dyfi nest has been another model nest and the three chicks are now approaching five weeks old.
There was great excitement at Glaslyn when first the sixth and then the seventh egg hatched. A unique nest.
White 14 a 2013 chick from Bassenthwaite thrilled us all with his grand tour of Europe.
Once again the nests at Kielder have done well with less chicks than last year.
On Monday 1st June tragedy struck at Hellgate Canyon when an ice storm damaged all three eggs, so another failed nest.
So it has been a very mixed year. Hopefully July will see this year's chicks fledged.
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Thank you for that 'round up' Tiger.
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Great summary of all the latest news Tiger
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Hazel b said: White 14 last year's chick from Bassenthwaite thrilled us all with his grand tour of Europe.
White 14 last year's chick from Bassenthwaite thrilled us all with his grand tour of Europe.
An excellent resume of the situation Tiger, thank you. However, I thought that White 14 was a 2013 chick, returning as a two year old, not a one year old.
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SheilaFE said:However, I thought that White 14 was a 2013 chick, returning as a two year old, not a one year old.
Yes of course you are absolutely right. I will edit it now.
And now we read he is in Kent.
Tempo said: And now we read he is in Kent.
Indeed he is on his way home.
Long detour but perhaps weather played a part and to survive to two years and where he was in Africa has stood to him
Hazel b said:There was great excitement at Glaslyn when first the sixth and then the seventh egg hatched. A unique nest.
Our herring gulls are red listed birds. Think about that the next time you hear some flaming idiot calling for a cull of them.
How about this great picture ?
and this one ?