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.
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Try flipping it Tiger......
Interesting! Are you able to share the photo here?
Sami said: Interesting! Are you able to share the photo here?
OK - this is how I looked at it.
I started off with the Darvic ring, and referred to the ID spreadsheet I maintain - this is a link to it, on ChloeB and Tiger's site. Go to Sheet 4. There aren't many ospreys listed with Black Darvics, and only one where the second character is E - Black 3E.
This is an osprey closely associated with a professional photographer, Peter Cairns, who is based near Aviemore. For some years, Black 3E was the resident female at Peter's local nest, which he has photographed frequently. And in the Gallery on Peter's website, I found this photo
So the answer seems to be that the stamp design is based on a photo of Black 3E by Peter, but with the image "flipped" - possibly to ensure that the Queen is not "eye to eye" with the Osprey.
NB Please don't try to copy the photo over here, as that would be a breach of copyright.
Excellent sleuthing, Sue!
Kind regards, Ann
Sue, thank you! I'd tried all manner of searches earlier today without success!
Clearly there is no substitute for experience and bit of inside knowledge!
Well done!
Birdies LG DU update.
Congratulations, Sue. It is always good to know the whys and wherefores!
A quick Google and a flip thru will find the pic!
Birdie's DU Summaries 2018 https://www.imagicat.com/
Well spotted, Sue!
Does anyone have any idea of the foliage - hawthorn, maybe?
Edited to add (and answer my own question): It must be an alder tree, comparing the first image with this one.
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Thank you Sue, your wonderful records are often used by me, an invaluable accurate data.
I was waiting for your answer,as not being on FB was unable to research on the Northcott group, but was sad to read on your Data that her daughter was " May 2013 Found dead in La Rioja, Spain"
Thank you for setting us this challenge, much appreciated