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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Bother, I missed the programme! It will be interesting to learn what happened to Lonaig, (Blue FY0(14)m) a 2014 chick who was tagged. He stopped at Aveiro in Portugal, but was found dead there in December 2014. His sister, Murrin, wasn't tagged. I don't have Darvic number for Murrin.
I must remember to set it to record!
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Hi Sheila. The osprey update board at Aberfoyle had some information on the fate of various chicks. I remember exchanging posts since then about PC0/PC1, having forgotten I'd photographed the board. I wish I had the memory that some posters have about who's who and what's happened to them all, never mind what I did last year!
New thread starting here.
Our herring gulls are red listed birds. Think about that the next time you hear some flaming idiot calling for a cull of them.