Well as predicted it all started on the 16th March with the arrival of LM12 at Loch of The Lowes. He was about nine days earlier than last year. There then started a rush of ospreys arriving. It looked as if they would all be back very quickly.
However it then all slowed down and for days there were very few ospreys returning. The clue was that the tracked female 30 (05) was making slow progress in France.
Anyway EJ and Odin are both now back. As are LM12 and LF15 at Loch of the Lowes.
Both the males White YA and Yellow 37 are back at Kielder. as is Mrs YA. The female at nest 3 is back there too.
Mrs G arrived on 22 March.
Blue 24 arrived at Dyfi on 24 March and 5F at Glaslyn on 29 March.
The Manton Bay pair if Maya and Blue 33 arrived early too.
So most of the big names are back and only a few left to arrive but they are not expected yet.
So a season to enjoy.
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The news really coming in fast. See osprey news bulletin
A friend has just told me about about an interesting report on Lake of Menteith Fisheries' website advising of the sad loss of the second sat tagged juvenile osprey as it started its migration back to Scotland.
Link to report >>>> Here
From the photo, I think the ID is CK1 and if so these are the TV birds, CK1 and CK2 ringed in 2012.
Does anyone have any more info about this?
How sad Karen, awful to know it was on it's way home. :( thank you for the link.
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Karen - am I right in saying that CK0 could still be alive from the original 3?
Starling - sorry, I don't know. To be honest, I am not even 100% that the darvic is CK - could it be EK - but it does look like a C?
I just find it so strange as I have never read anything. Only when my friend was planning a fishing trip/reading fishing reports that they came upon it.
Thank you for that interesting article. I will try to find out more.
I suspect someone at Aberfoyle would know about this.
Thanks Tiger. My friend will be phoning Lake of Menteith to book some fishing sometime this week and is going to see what he can find out.
Karen W said: A friend has just told me about about an interesting report on Lake of Menteith Fisheries' website advising of the sad loss of the second sat tagged juvenile osprey as it started its migration back to Scotland. Link to report >>>> Here From the photo, I think the ID is CK1 and if so these are the TV birds, CK1 and CK2 ringed in 2012. Does anyone have any more info about this?
Unknown said: I suspect someone at Aberfoyle would know about this.