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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@Tiger......Brilliant will Bookmark his website for next year.
Thanks, Tiger, some fantastic photos there!
Kind regards, Ann
They are fantastic pictures. You can add your own comments to his blog.
New thread here.
Our herring gulls are red listed birds. Think about that the next time you hear some flaming idiot calling for a cull of them.