Wonder how much longer we will have Laddie and FR4 to watch,
Here is a little reminder of the Season
Laddie checking the First Hatch ( By Badgie I think)
and of course our Dear Scyllas one of many Vids.
The Hatch
and yesterdays BLOG re posted here.
SunnyKate2 said: FR3 has been spotted in the Gambia. Is this the same as in Jonathans update above?or another sighting.? Yesterday afternoon between 12 and 1pm our young osprey headed north for approximately 6km (4 miles), perhaps following the bolong (creek) that flows northwards from Bulok towards the Gambia River. However, the adventure was short lived as by 2pm FR3 was back on home territory. This was by far an away FR3’s longest foray since December. Are we likely to see any more over the coming weeks?… only time will tell. [/quote] So this is literally this morning. Tiger Signature
FR3 has been spotted in the Gambia.
Is this the same as in Jonathans update above?or another sighting.?
Yesterday afternoon between 12 and 1pm our young osprey headed north for approximately 6km (4 miles), perhaps following the bolong (creek) that flows northwards from Bulok towards the Gambia River. However, the adventure was short lived as by 2pm FR3 was back on home territory. This was by far an away FR3’s longest foray since December. Are we likely to see any more over the coming weeks?… only time will tell.
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So this is literally this morning.
Tiger Signature
Great news, bless him, just be safe.....
SunnyKate2 said: Great news, bless him, just be safe.....
Hopefully there will be pictures later.
Chris Wood has now posted pics of FR3 on Facebook
doh! not public
SunnyKate2 said: doh! not public
That is right. It is my group Ospreys (Pandion Haliaetus)
Hazel b said: doh! not public
Am sure I am not alone in not being on FB,
so maybe you could spare us just one piccie on here ????
The photographer will still be out looking for ospreys to photograph at present, but I have PM'd him and asked whether I could snip a couple to post on here. I dare say Jonathon at LotL will do a blog about this sighting as well.
Birdie's DU Summaries 2018 https://www.imagicat.com/
Chris Wood has given permission for me to post some of his pics of Blue FR3(15) m, so enjoy! Posted on 20 February
Well what a great day again. We drove to Bulok, the next village to Kafuta, (Gambia) where we saw FR3 in December, to try and reacquaint ourselves with this youngster from LOTL who has remained in the mangrove area behind the village for the last two months. We arrived at just after 10am and started to search the area, looking at every possible Osprey perch. After just over an hour we were just about to go to the next clearing, so I looked back one last time and there was an Osprey on the biggest dead tree, scope time! Fantastic it was FR3 and we spent over an hour watching him feeding. Great area for him as can be seen.
It must have been a bit like looking for a needle in a haystack!
Ah ha!!
I imagine Chris and Fansu crept closer, and with the help of a super lens...
FR3 is certainly looking at home in his winter quarters. Long may it last for another year.
Thanks Sheila, it's really great to see him with his large fish.
Kind regards
Jenny