Thursday 18 May 2017 dawned a beautiful day at Loch Garten. Odin delivered a large fish to the nest. Everything seemed idyllic. Little we knew that within hours it would all turn to horror.
At 1.18pm Odin left the nest and has not been seen again. EJ valiantly stuck to brooding the chicks but inevitably was only a matter of time.
So Loch Garten's season is over already this year.
There is other news but nothing quite like this.
Do you want to record your thoughts on what happens now? Will EJ accept a new partner?
Tiger Signature
One of the Kielder blogs contains a link to this American paper.
www.edc.uri.edu/.../walsh_2013.pdf
On Rhode Island the average distance between nest sites is 1700m.
In the conclusion it states
'Based on the pattern of colonization and reproductive rate, platform location should be within 2 km of other nest sites,'
The much disputed Pont Croesor nest is 2.2km from Glaslyn.
Hilary J
Note that they started off with a smaller (still recovering?) population, and with large distances between nests:
"The average distance between nest sites has decreased since 1977 to 2012 from ~7000 meters to ~1700 meters. There were groups of years where the average distance decreased (1978- 1981, 1989-1992, and 2007-2012) followed by intervening years of fluctuations in the average distance (Figure 11)."
Plus, i am sorry, but i didnt find an argument delivered for the "conclusion" of putting platforms within 2km of eachother in this "document". Not in general terms. Maybe if it is meant to be an advise for that specific situation on Rhode island and after that the population has grown by a tenfold now?
2016: first time in history an Osprey nested in the NL. 2018: 2 active nests! 2019 a storm interferes. 2020: a third active nest in a tree!
Sorry that I cannot list a source, but I read somewhere in the last 4 years of Osprey watching that Ospreys in the Americas are a different subspecies to those here and that American Ospreys are more relaxed about nesting nearer to each other than are our Ospreys here in the UK/Europe.
Kind regards, Ann
Yes ospreys in the USA are very different to those in the UK
Thanks, Tiger.
I have drawn attention to the work of Gary Jones before in A Summer of Ospreys
Well he features in today's Daily Mail. Amateur Photographer Captures Kingfisher
Thank you Tiger. Truly amazing shot of that Kingfisher apart from the wonderful Osprey ones.
Birdies LG DU update.
Mike B said: Thank you Tiger. Truly amazing shot of that Kingfisher apart from the wonderful Osprey ones.
He really is a class apart.
Wonderful capture Thanks TIGER
Great photos, Tiger--thanks.