It is hard to believe but we are approaching the half way point of the osprey season.
A month ago we were waiting on the first osprey chick and debating which site would get the first hatch. Loch Garten won the race with a chick in the early hours of Saturday 14 May 2016.
Manton Bay followed hours later and then had a second hatch before the day was out.
Hatching then proceeded at regular intervals,
There was a five day gap before another hatch at Loch Garten and the second egg did not hatch.
Starting on Wednesday 18th May Loch of the Lowes hatched its first chick and two others followed within five days.
Dyfi had its first chick a day early on Tuesday 24 May 2016 and then there was a gap until Sunday 29th May 2016. Again the second chick did not hatch.
Three chicks hatched at Basenthwaite but two were predated by Magpies.
Three chicks hatched at Foulshaw Moss but sadly one has dies.
Glaslyn has also hatched two chicks.
The best news of the month came on Tuesday 3 May when Clarach (Blue 2R) was seen intruding at Glaslyn. This was the start of a grand tour when she was seen at Rutland and Kielder.
Lots of data on imagicat
A record of May 2016 on the Osprey News Bulletin for May 2016
The record for June will appear at Osprey News Bulletin June 2016
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RSPB Tweeted this photo to highlight the Highlands programme last night.
I thought they had reversed a photo of Orange VS, but when reversed this photo doesn't read as VS. Anyone know anything about this bird, it is not on SueC's data base. Interestingly I couldn't find any note of Orange VS on any of the databases we use either.
All working OK on Navigational Tool T. :-)
EJ's Memorial Balgavies Loch Ospreys 2023
Very interesting find Mary. For starters it seems like a female. Is it also not ochre SV rather than orange SV ?
Did anyone see the programme last night it was really interesting. The almost very last word of the series went to the lovely Jen at LG. She came across really well and the series was clearly filmed last year. The ringing and tagging at the featured nest was completed by another chap whose name escapes me
Sticking my neck out here but I think shadows making white darvic look coloured and that female is actually white sy hatched in aviemore in 1997 and is likely a stock photo or maybe she is alive.
Here is the programme Highland part 4
Loch Garten fans will like the first 10 minutes.
Looks like female ringed Orange or Ochre SV to me.
The original, by Chris Gomersall, can be seen on page 5 of RSPB stock images. Scroll down for the pic
ChloeB & Tiger's Osprey Data
Am I the only one who thinks it looks like Orange AS? I suppose a lot depends on the direction you read it in.
Our herring gulls are red listed birds. Think about that the next time you hear some flaming idiot calling for a cull of them.
I thought orangey Clare until I opened photo and it clearly then looked a white ring to me and the lettering was super clear but prepared to be proven wrong if RSPB can confirm photo.
See my edit above, Clare and Lmac. It is a stock photo