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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I have missed all this news. What is Blue UB's history, and who was the other intruder, please, Tiger?
Birdie's DU Summaries 2018 https://www.imagicat.com/
SheilaFE said: I have missed all this news. What is Blue UB's history, and who was the other intruder, please, Tiger?
Here is some history on Blue UB
Thanks, Tiger, wonderful that another 2010 Osprey has been seen.
Kind regards, Ann
Tiger Thankyou for the link about BlueUB story absolutely fascinating that he has been seen by Pip in Senegal and by John Wright in Souther Spain on his first migration and NOW intruding at Loch Garten :) Where has he been in the years since 2012. Maybe hes just never been spotted before and this gives me great hope there are others out there presumed dead, who knows?
I wonder if he has had a nest in his past and been seen off?
Shiela I think the other intruder was AN6! I got all excited thinking it could have been our dear Druie (AN8) Sadly not but its still great news which ever osprey returns. I still hold out hope thar Druie may return one day as he was the only one not tagged.
58willow said: Shiela I think the other intruder was AN6! I got all excited thinking it could have been our dear Druie (AN8) Sadly not but its still great news which ever osprey returns. I still hold out hope thar Druie may return one day as he was the only one not tagged.
No sightings of Druie yet as far as I know.