The great day has arrived where there are no more osprey free months for quite some time. It is a period of great excitement touched with melancholy, many old favourites will return but inevitably some will not.
At Loch Garten the big excitement will be to see EJ and Odin again. EJ will be 20 years old this year and now beginning to be a senior osprey. It will be her 9th year with Odin who is ageless.
The question being asked at Loch of The Lowes is "will LF15 win the race to be first back again this year as last?" Although she does not know it she has at least one offspring (FR3) ready to make his first journey north this year. That will be exciting.
The other early bird is Mrs G at Glaslyn. However her partner Aran will is not an early bird and is not expected in March. That must be a relief to the garfish community.
Monty and Glesni at Dyfi are not expected in March either but people will be eagerly looking for Blue 24 and Dai Dot.
There are fears for Dai Dot as he has not been seen since just after he was evicted from nest ON5 in Wales.At Manton Bay Blue 33 and Maya are eagerly awaited. Will any of their 2015 chicks come back this year?
Then there is Kielder. The big excitement there will be if UV makes it back and establishes a new nest. We know he is alive and well as there is a super secret party out there filming him in the last few days. They may be tempted to give him a lift home!
Then there is Bassenthwaite with their super osprey White 14. He did have an attempted at nesting last year.
Oh there are so many questions to be answered and the waiting is nearly over.
You can all add your wishes for the season to the thread.
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Lynn L said:the Lady herself EJ and his highness Odin
Joint No1's in my world, CATLADY, and already causing me high anxiety - but I feel terrible to set any of our on-cam ospreys above others, I can't even say that once EJ is home I'll be better able to withstand any upsets ;-)
Hurry home:
EJ and Odin
Lassie and Laddie
MrsG and Aran
Glesni and Monty
Mrs5R/Maia and Blue33
(Not necessarily in that order!)
That list brings it home - how difficult to give all the nests their fair coverage on here, and I thought "Well, KAREN specialises in Rutland..." and then that I hadn't seen her and that she had been unwell last season, and this is her last post, according to the system:
Sorry if that's in an inappropriate thread.
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Not inappropriate at all. I hope we see her again before the ospreys start arriving. I am not sure whether she is on any of the FB groups?
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SheilaFE said:I am not sure whether she is on any of the FB groups?
I don't know Karen's full name but I've just been thru 147 "likes" on Rutland FB and checked out 2 Karens, no luck.
scylla said: I am not sure whether she is on any of the FB groups? I don't know Karen's full name but I've just been thru 147 "likes" on Rutland FB and checked out 2 Karens, no luck. [/quote] Has anyone tried to e. mail her? or scylla you could try adding her as a friend, to see if you get any response.
I am not sure whether she is on any of the FB groups?
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Has anyone tried to e. mail her? or scylla you could try adding her as a friend, to see if you get any response.
Karen is on my Osprey group on Facebook.
I did chat to her on here by PM last August.
I've PM'd her, we were already 'friends'. The reason I didn't do it before, KATE, is because I saw her in my friends list but decided to look around for her first, and then I forgot I could message her. So thanks for reminding me :-/
Thanks for that info, TIGER :)
I have sent her an email, not had a reply yet.
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Thank you, Starling! :)
Ok, I have heard back from Karen, she is very touched that you are all missing her. she's getting very excited that the ospreys will soon be back, and asked after you all. She will post herself soon, but has flu at the moment.
Thank you Starling for getting in touch with Karen. It is good to know alll is well, apart from a horrible bout of flu. I hope she soon feels bettter: it can be so debilitating.