Osprey Sightings 2019

09:55 07/04 Western Osprey Staffordshire Middleton Lakes RSPB 09:40
one over this morning

10:05 07/04 Western Osprey Dorset Christchurch Harbour 09:15
one flew ENE this morning 
11:05 07/04 Western Osprey Gwynedd Bangor
one flew over this morning 
11:40 07/04 Western Osprey Durham Sunderland 11:09
one fishing on the River Wear just upstream of Northern Spire Bridge this morning

12:26 07/04 Western Osprey Hampshire Titchfield Haven NNR 12:05
one flew up the river early afternoon 
12:55 07/04 Western Osprey Hampshire Titchfield Haven NNR 12:40
still on a post from Meadow Hide this afternoon

13:22 07/04 Western Osprey West Yorkshire Kinsley
one at Hoyle Mill Dam this morning 
13:34 07/04 Western Osprey Glamorgan Cwm Cadlan
one flew north today 
14:43 07/04 Western Osprey Worcestershire Ripple GPs

one flew up the River Severn this afternoon 

14:49 07/04 Western Osprey Hampshire Gosport 13:15
one at Elson this afternoon 
16:45 07/04 Western Osprey Cornwall Park Head
one flew north 
16:47 07/04 Western Osprey Cornwall Crantock 14:45
one flew over Treago Farm mid-afternoon

17:03 07/04 Western Osprey Devon Exminster
one flew north over Exe Estuary 
17:26 07/04 Western Osprey Northamptonshire Gretton
one flew over Jurassic Way 
18:34 07/04 Western Osprey Somerset & Bristol Shapwick Heath NNR 17:35
one again at Noah's Lake from Noah's Hide this evening; also the Pied Flycatcher still

19:18 07/04 Western Osprey Gwynedd Bangor 19:16
one flew over late evening and landed on mudflats 
19:41 07/04 Western Osprey Staffordshire Blithfield Reservoir 17:00
still late afternoon; also the 3 Little Gulls still north of causeway (WMBC Permit Only) 
21:15 07/04 Western Osprey Lancashire Fleetwood 08:02
one flew northeast 
21:41 07/04 Western Osprey Cumbria Cockermouth
one flew west

07:14 08/04 Western Osprey Devon Starcross 07:05
flew upriver from Exmouth as viewed from Starcoss Station

09:41 08/04 Western Osprey Devon Horsey Island 07:30
one early morning 
10:05 08/04 Western Osprey Dorset Middlebere
again this morning over channel

12:45 08/04 Western Osprey Suffolk St Cross South Elmham 11:50
one with fish on roadside telegraph pole then flew off southwest 
13:02 08/04 Western Osprey Northamptonshire Pitsford Reservoir
one in Scaldwell Bay mid-morning

13:38 08/04 Western Osprey London Walthamstow Reservoirs 13:29
one flew northwest over East Warwick Reservoir; also male Blue-headed Wagtail 
15:28 08/04 Western Osprey Isle of Man Sandygate 14:45
flew east this afternoon 
16:44 08/04 Western Osprey Staffordshire Blithfield Reservoir 11:15
one again from causeway

17:58 08/04 Western Osprey Lancashire Marton Mere 17:52
one flew north 
18:49 08/04 Western Osprey Bedfordshire Broom GPs 18:35
one flew west over Gypsy Lane East 
19:04 08/04 Western Osprey Waterford Dungarvan
one flew towards Park Hotel this evening

19:57 08/04 Western Osprey Norfolk Mundesley
one flew southeast this morning; also Ring Ouzel west 
19:57 08/04 Western Osprey Somerset & Bristol Portishead 11:15
one flew east

20:46 08/04 Western Osprey Lancashire Blackpool
two over Heron's Reach Golf Course this evening 
21:05 08/04 Western Osprey Devon Horsey Island 18:20
one still this evening 

 

Well Done Alison, always a thrill to see your first Osprey of the season, I have been lucky enough to have seen the male and female in the feather at Threave in Dumfries and Galloway. 

Love this pic Alison...thanks for sharing x

08:20 09/04 Western Osprey Somerset & Bristol Sutton Bingham Reservoir 08:15
one sat in tree viewed from northern causeway

11:18 09/04 Western Osprey Cheshire Hoylake 10:30
one flew northwest past North Parade

11:43 09/04 Western Osprey Pembrokeshire Newport 11:19
one flew upriver towards Nevern past iron bridge late morning 

11:46 09/04 Western Osprey Dorset Middlebere
one

 
12:00 09/04 Western Osprey Staffordshire Weston Coyney 11:20
one over to north 
12:15 09/04 Western Osprey Cheshire Hale
one flew over Mersey Estuary at end of Church Road

12:20 09/04 Western Osprey Ceredigion Ynyslas
one 
12:28 09/04 Western Osprey Hampshire Casbrook Common 10:30
one dropped into fields below Trig Point Hill during rain

14:18 09/04 Western Osprey Staffordshire Blithfield Reservoir 13:58
two from causeway 
14:37 09/04 Western Osprey Somerset & Bristol Chew Valley Lake 10:15
one flew northwest over Heron's Green mid-morning

16:20 09/04 Western Osprey Greater Manchester Failsworth 15:30
one flew towards Heaton Park

18:37 09/04 Western Osprey Lincolnshire Gibraltar Point NNR
one west of Croft Marsh late afternoon; also Short-eared Owl

Well done Alison. Great to see your first one locally.

Ospreys seen at Gibraltar on 3rd,4th,5th,6th and 8th April

Interesting that they are still flooding north. No doubt among them are a number of familiar faces from 2017!

07:52 10/04 Western Osprey Greater Manchester Pennington Flash CP 07:10
one flew north over Higher Meadows

09:40 10/04 Western Osprey Lothian John Muir CP 09:20
one flew north

11:17 10/04 Western Osprey Isles of Scilly St. Mary's 11:09
one flew over Normandy11:27 10/04 Western Osprey Somerset & Bristol Meare
one east over Fish House

11:38 10/04 Western Osprey Gloucestershire Chipping Sodbury 11:00
one flew northeast

12:06 10/04 Western Osprey Somerset & Bristol Ham Wall RSPB 11:57
one viewable from 1st bridge

14:03 10/04 Western Osprey Somerset & Bristol Taunton 10:10
one flew northwest over M5

14:23 10/04 Western Osprey Cheshire Woolston Eyes NR (PERMIT ONLY) 14:21
one over No.3 Bed

15:14 10/04 Western Osprey Gloucestershire Wotton-under-Edge 14:20
one flew over to northeast mid-afternoon

16:27 10/04 Western Osprey Oxfordshire Farmoor Reservoir 11:06
flew north over F1 and F2 late morning 
17:27 10/04 Western Osprey Northamptonshire Summer Leys LNR 16:00
one flew through late afternoon 
17:55 10/04 Western Osprey Devon Seaton 17:48
on Axe Estuary early evening

17:57 10/04 Western Osprey Shropshire Venus Pool NR 17:02
again late afternoon 
18:12 10/04 Western Osprey Dorset Christchurch Harbour
two this morning

18:26 10/04 Western Osprey Cheshire Newplatt Wood Sand Quarry
one over nearby Allostock early evening 
18:49 10/04 Western Osprey Dorset Lodmoor RSPB 18:35
one in flight early evening

20:17 10/04 Western Osprey Staffordshire Blithfield Reservoir
one