It is the 1st September and the osprey season is all but over. It has gone very quickly.It was a very sad year for Loch Garten. Everything was going very well until Odin disappeared on 18th May. This led to the loss of the chicks. Then on July 14 EJ disappeared too. Her fate is unknown. So there is great uncertainty for next year as it is not known quite what is expected.
Dyfi has been very successful this year with three very healthy juveniles already on the way south.
Glaslyn has got three male juveniles all ready to migrate. Also birds hatched in 2014 (Blue 9C) and 2015 (Blue W0) were spotted back in Britain.
Bassenthwaite has three fledged chicks this year.
Manton Bay had one of its chicks disappear early and it is not clear if it migrated or not.
Kielder has done well with 9 chicks flying south. Two of these are carrying GSM transmitters.
Loch of the Lowes has two juveniles this year.
The high point of the year for me was the translocation of eight young ospreys to Poole harbour.
Tiger Signature
Another very interesting blog by John Williams
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What a fantastic photo of what looks like a juvie, taken in south Wales
www.birdguides.com/.../photo-of-the-week-18-24-october
Birdie's DU Summaries 2018 https://www.imagicat.com/
Belle's Journey, a children's book by Rob Bierregaard about an osprey's first migration, will be released next May. Available for pre-order at Amazon.
It looks delightful!
Pandy said: Belle's Journey, a children's book by Rob Bierregaard about an osprey's first migration, will be released next May. Available for pre-order at Amazon. It looks delightful!
Belle had an amazing first migration
Wow! Thank you so much for sharing, Tiger!
SheilaFE said: What a fantastic photo of what looks like a juvie, taken in south Wales www.birdguides.com/.../photo-of-the-week-18-24-october
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Pandy said: Wow! Thank you so much for sharing, Tiger!
Watching it live was gripping. You can see why I think she is the world champion.
Yes, Tiger, What a bird!
Kind regards, Ann
The Osprey News Bulletin for December 2017
It is going to be busy with all these Advent publications