Looking at the site at Rutland Water. Female having a turn of the eggs and now settling down again. Lovely and calm there as it is here in Northants.
Would be nice to do a diary for the MantonBay (Rutland) as update on other nests now takes ages to get to the end and update.
Do they have names for these two at MantonBay. Please note I have changed the name to Manton Bay (Rutland) nest updates as a suggestion from Sandy. Hope this meets with everyones approval.
http://scottishwildlifetrust.org.uk/things-to-do/wildlife-webcams/loch-of-lowes/
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Sandy, that is beautiful photograph, but it must be so unusual for November.
Alan, We are still waiting to see the waxwings here. I have noticed that they are getting nearer, in Berkshire, Surrey and even Chichester, W. Sussex. May have to 'twitch' and travel further afield. They are a lovely bird to see.
Unknown said: Thanks Sandy. You cant really blame them this week. Apparently there were some waxwings near Lagoon1 today. I dont suppose you saw any? There have been a lot around the Peterborough area today. At Ferry Meadows,Bretton,Orton Brimbles and Lynch Wood Business Park. I still havent seen any.
Thanks Sandy. You cant really blame them this week. Apparently there were some waxwings near Lagoon1 today. I dont suppose you saw any? There have been a lot around the Peterborough area today. At Ferry Meadows,Bretton,Orton Brimbles and Lynch Wood Business Park. I still havent seen any.
Alan: Apparently there was a flock of 19 or 20 somewhere near Tern hide on Lagoon 1 at about 3 pm - I must have walked straight past them on my way back from Lax Hill. I wondered why so many people were going the other way at that time of day and found out as soon as I got back to Egleton. I could have gone back as it's only a 5 or 10 minute walk, but the light was fading fast and the temperature plummeting even quicker. You might think I'm mad in passing up such an opportunity but that's a measure of just how cold I was by then - I doubt I'd have been able to press the shutter if I'd tried to take a photo!
Don't worry about not seeing them yet, there's so many about this year I'm sure you'll get an opportunity sooner or later.
Just looking in again to read some interesting facts.
What a very atmospheric pic, Sandy, it really shows how cold its been - wonderful.
Sandy what a lovely pic of Manton Bay and it does indeed show why opsreys leave the UK. Looks well frozen up there.
Margobird
add my thanks to Sandy for lovely pic of a snowy Manton Bay.
Rutland Team off to Gambia & Senegal Osprey hunting!!!
http://www.ospreys.org.uk/News.html
Thanks Vespa, will look out for the reports.
I wonder if they might try to find Rothiemurchus or No 12. A couple of years ago, Tim Mackrill visited Beatrice's winter quarters in Spain, and managed to spot her.
Before we start posting reports of the trip, I thought it would be a good idea to start a "Rutland Ospreys 2011" thread, to cover all future news relating to Rutland Ospreys.
Link to the new thread
I declare this thread closed!