The osprey season continues apace. The weather has not been kind but was surprisingly good at that point where chicks are their most vulnerable.
One of the most remarkable things is that there have been successful four chick nests at Kielder, Balgavie and Threave.
Perhaps even more remarkably there has been a successful second clutch at the ON5 nest in Wales. This has probably not happened since ospreys returned in 1954.
In addition to the four chick nest Kielder has had successful nests 2, 3 and 4. A real northern powerhouse.
Kielder also welcomed back the two year old tracked two year old Blue UV A great success.
Loch Garten and Loch of the Lowes have been successful in raising two and three chicks respectively.
Both Glaslyn and Dyfi have raised two healthy chicks.
Manton Bay has also been successful in raising three chicks.
July will now see the fledging of all of these chicks. The first fledge window open tomorrow (Saturday 2 July) at Loch Garten.
All the data on imagicat
A record of June 2016 is on Osprey News Bulletin for June 2016
The record for July 2016 will appear at Osprey New Bulletin July 2016
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The age of all the chicks at all the main nests are on the countup clocks
Fledging window opens at Loch Garten tomorrow (Saturday 2 July)
I saw Tiger mention a LG osprey named Baldrick in Dyfi chat and thought what a strange name. After trying to find some info I finally found it listed as a 2004 chick. Was that was a pet name and not an official name?
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Starling said: I saw Tiger mention a LG osprey named Baldrick in Dyfi chat and thought what a strange name. After trying to find some info I finally found it listed as a 2004 chick. Was that was a pet name and not an official name?
It was not an official name but it was used. Chicks in 2004 were not named.
Thanks Tiger.
Starling
Baldrick was the chick that took 64 days to fledge (If I remember correctly) :-). I had always imagined him to be a scruffy chick when hearing this name, but I have seen footage of him and he was a handsome Osprey.
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Thank you Mary! Yes that's kinda what I was thinking. Expected to see a bald osprey with hardly any feathers LOL. Lovely to see him and discover he looks normal despite his name :)
A lot more pink on that chart than blue.
Oh Mary those pictures are great. You can see why Yellow 28 was called Baldrick. See the bald patch on his head. It came from the abuse he took from his siblings in the nest.
Then in 2011 there was great excitement. Was this Baldrick ?
TIGER - It was in 2011 that I first heard Baldrick being mentioned, and I remember clearly the excitement about him maybe being sighted as returning, didn't it turn out to be a Spanish bird or something like that.