Osprey Sightings 2019

El Hondo
5th January Hondo North Gate

Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)

  • Great captures Limpy. Hope you and Clare are ok.
  • Wonderful photos, Limpy--thanks for posting. Also, to repeat Mike's comment--hope you and Clare are ok.

    Kind regards, Ann

  • 01/09 07:10 Kent : Western Osprey, Dungeness NNR
    one flew south (07:04)
    01/09 07:40 Nottinghamshire : Western Osprey, Attenborough NR
    one flew over Tween Pond (07:30)

    01/09 08:39 Surrey : Western Osprey, Thursley Common
    one flew south
    01/09 09:13 Northumberland : Western Osprey, Tynemouth
    one flew south over River Tyne (08:55)
    01/09 09:37 Derbyshire : Western Osprey, Carsington Water
    one from Stones Island
    01/09 09:59 Dorset : Western Osprey, Abbotsbury Swannery
    one again
    01/09 10:10 Suffolk : Western Osprey, Hazlewood Marshes SWT
    two
    01/09 10:21 Suffolk : Western Osprey, Lackford Lakes SWT
    still
    01/09 10:23 Cleveland : Western Osprey, Norton
    one flew south over A19 (08:50)
    01/09 10:38 Hampshire : Western Osprey, Farlington Marshes HWT
    again in dead trees on Binness Island (SU691046) (10:32)
    01/09 11:28 Norfolk : Western Osprey, Thornham
    one over dunes (11:20)
    01/09 11:44 West Sussex : Western Osprey, Burpham
    one flew south over the Burgh late morning
    01/09 12:08 Hampshire : Western Osprey, Farlington Marshes HWT
    still in dead trees on Binness Island (SU691046) (11:58)
    01/09 12:31 Hampshire : Western Osprey, Farlington Marshes HWT
    two over Binness Island (SU691046) (12:25)
    01/09 12:37 Cambridgeshire : Western Osprey, Kingfishers Bridge NR
    one flew north (08:15)
    01/09 12:42 West Sussex : Western Osprey, Church Norton
    one fishing over harbour (12:38)
    01/09 12:44 North Yorkshire : Western Osprey, Commondale
    one flew SSE (10:30)
    01/09 13:00 South Yorkshire : Western Osprey, Potteric Carr YWT
    one flew south (12:50)
    01/09 13:02 Devon : Western Osprey, Topsham
    one flew south-west over Powderham Church  (12:45)
    01/09 13:22 East Yorkshire : Western Osprey, Spurn YWT
    one flew south over sea
    01/09 13:24 South Yorkshire : Western Osprey, Potteric Carr YWT
    second bird flew south (13:20)
    01/09 13:31 Cambridgeshire : Western Osprey, Grafham Water
    one (13:29)
    01/09 13:33 Essex : Western Osprey, Thundersley
    one flew south-east over Coombe Wood this morning
    01/09 13:44 Cambridgeshire : Western Osprey, Paxton Pits NR
    one flew over Pumphouse Pit East this morning
  • 01/09 15:12 Cornwall : Western Osprey, Veryan
    one on telegraph pole at Ruan High Lanes
    01/09 15:12 Cornwall : Western Osprey, Drift Reservoir
    again fishing (10:30)
    01/09 15:16 Londonderry : Western Osprey, Lough Beg
    one this morning
    01/09 15:47 North Yorkshire : Western Osprey, Long Nab, Burniston
    one flew south along cliffs (14:45)
    01/09 15:49 West Sussex : Western Osprey, Pagham Harbour LNR
    two again from North Wall today
    01/09 15:51 Somerset & Bristol : Western Osprey, Bristol
    one flew east over Ashton Court (15:45)
  • 01/09 15:56 Cambridgeshire : Western Osprey, Grafham Water
    one still (15:53)
    01/09 16:32 Devon : Western Osprey, Seaton
    one again at estuary
    01/09 16:37 Hertfordshire : Western Osprey, Panshanger Park
    one flew off north (15:40)
    01/09 16:47 Hertfordshire : Western Osprey, Welwyn Garden City
    one flew north over Panshanger Park (15:40)

    01/09 16:57 Hampshire : Western Osprey, Titchfield Haven NNR
    one still
    01/09 17:23 Northamptonshire : Western Osprey, Thrapston GPs
    one at Elinor Trout Lake TL000804 (16:55)
    01/09 17:24 Suffolk : Western Osprey, Hazlewood Marshes SWT
    two again flew towards Iken late afternoon
    01/09 17:28 East Yorkshire : Western Osprey, Tophill Low NR
    one flew over car park again (10:00)
    01/09 17:35 East Yorkshire : Western Osprey, Kilnsea
    one flew south (17:29)
    01/09 18:45 Surrey : Western Osprey, Frensham Great Pond
    one flew west (06:58)
    01/09 20:36 Glamorgan : Western Osprey, Burry Inlet
    one off Weobley Sands (17:30)
    01/09 22:53 Cambridgeshire : Western Osprey, Grafham Water
    two
  • 02/09 08:25 South Yorkshire : Western Osprey, Penistone
    one flew south-east over Harden (08:10)

    02/09 08:51 Cambridgeshire : Western Osprey, Peterborough
    one over the train station (08:50)
    02/09 09:14 Cambridgeshire : Western Osprey, Waterbeach
    one over River Cam at Waterbeach Fen (09:10)
    02/09 09:32 East Yorkshire : Western Osprey, Blacktoft Sands RSPB
    one from Singleton Hide then flew towards Trent (09:15)
    02/09 09:32 West Sussex : Western Osprey, Westdean Woods
    one flew west (06:15)
    02/09 09:54 Norfolk : Western Osprey, Rockland Broad
    one flew north-east
    02/09 10:05 Cambridgeshire : Western Osprey, Stretham
    two (09:49)
    02/09 10:35 Lincolnshire : Western Osprey, Gibraltar Point NNR
    one flew south; also 10 Eurasian Spoonbill and 6 Spotted Redshanks on Tennyson's Sands
    02/09 10:45 Dorset : Western Osprey, Abbotsbury Swannery
    one again briefly
    02/09 10:53 Durham : Western Osprey, Whitburn
    one flew high south (10:39)
    02/09 10:58 Hampshire : Western Osprey, Titchfield Haven NNR
    one still (10:36)
    02/09 11:08 East Yorkshire : Western Osprey, Grimston
    one flew south along cliffs (11:00)
    02/09 13:19 Durham : Western Osprey, Whitburn
    one flew south (13:02)
  • 02/09 13:46 Hertfordshire : Western Osprey, Welwyn Garden City
    again at Osprey Lake at Panshanger Park (12:40)
    02/09 14:50 West Sussex : Western Osprey, Medmerry RSPB
    one briefly over east side
    02/09 14:59 Cornwall : Western Osprey, Drift Reservoir
    one still
    02/09 15:01 Cornwall : Western Osprey, Sancreed
    one flew west over Sancreed Beacon (12:07)
    02/09 15:29 Northumberland : Western Osprey, Whittle Dene Reservoirs
    one again over southern reservoir (13:14)
    02/09 17:16 Essex : Western Osprey, Fingringhoe Wick EWT
    one eating a fish on a post at Geedon Saltings (14:30
    02/09 17:43 Dorset : Western Osprey, Weymouth
    one flew east along The Fleet at Tidmoor this evening
    02/09 18:16 Suffolk : Western Osprey, Kingston
    one on Deben Estuary off Kyson Point mid-morning
    02/09 19:57 Northumberland : Western Osprey, Bamburgh
    one flew in off the sea from direction of Farne Islands and continued inland (15:45)
    02/09 20:30 East Yorkshire : Western Osprey, Southfield Reservoir
    one flew south (08:40)
    02/09 20:30 Cornwall : Western Osprey, Devoran
    again at the quay this evening
    02/09 20:44 Suffolk : Western Osprey, Lackford Lakes SWT
    one still
    02/09 20:47 Devon : Western Osprey, Turf
    one again flew west to north of Turf (13:00)
    02/09 21:08 Hertfordshire : Western Osprey, Panshanger Park
    adult female again caught a trout at Osprey Lake (12:40)
    02/09 21:10 Devon : Western Osprey, Seaton Hole
    juvenile again at Axe Estuary
    02/09 22:30 Dorset : Western Osprey, Langton Herring
    two at Rodden Hive
  • 03/09 08:14 Cambridgeshire : Western Osprey, Kingfishers Bridge NR
    ringed individual

    03/09 08:38 Wiltshire : Western Osprey, Teffont Down
    one yesterday
    03/09 10:05 Hampshire : Western Osprey, Titchfield Haven NNR
    still around the Frying Pan, then flew west
    03/09 10:32 Hampshire : Western Osprey, Keyhaven Marshes
    one flew west
    03/09 11:06 Dorset : Western Osprey, Charmouth
    one flew over mid-morning
    03/09 11:20 Hertfordshire : Western Osprey, Panshanger Park
    one flew over Osprey Lake (11:00)
    03/09 11:54 East Yorkshire : Western Osprey, Tophill Low NR
    ringed individual on edge of North Lagoon
    03/09 12:08 Essex : Western Osprey, Fingringhoe Wick EWT
    one again on post at Geedon Saltings (12:06)
    03/09 12:12 Devon : Western Osprey, Exe Estuary
    one flew over
    03/09 12:13 Dorset : Western Osprey, Abbotsbury Swannery
    one again late-morning
    03/09 12:13 Dorset : Western Osprey, Abbotsbury Swannery
    one again late-morning
    03/09 14:51 Hertfordshire : Western Osprey, Panshanger Park
    one still at Osprey Lake (14:20)
    03/09 15:12 West Midlands : Western Osprey, Bournville
    one flew south this morning
    03/09 15:20 Cornwall : Western Osprey, Hayle Estuary
    one perched on post off Lelant (15:15)
    03/09 15:32 Devon : Western Osprey, Shaldon
    one by Teign Estuary (15:28)
    03/09 15:37 Hampshire : Western Osprey, Titchfield Haven NNR
    two today but mobile
    03/09 15:57 Hampshire : Western Osprey, Langstone Harbour
    one still top of a dead tree on Binness Island, as viewed from Broadmarsh car park (15:51)
    03/09 17:11 Lancashire : Western Osprey, Leighton Moss RSPB
    one in dead tree from Lower Hide (15:29)
    03/09 17:28 Norfolk : Western Osprey, Rockland Broad
    still late afternoon (16:05)
    03/09 17:45 Kent : Western Osprey, Littlestone-on-Sea
    one flew south (17:38)
    03/09 18:19 Devon : Western Osprey, Seaton Marshes
    again over Axe Estuary this evening
    03/09 18:50 Devon : Western Osprey, Man Sands
    one flew south (17:50)
    03/09 19:00 Hampshire : Western Osprey, Eling
    one again on pylon overlooking Eling Great Marsh; also a White Stork reported (13:15)
    03/09 23:02 Somerset & Bristol : Western Osprey, Cricket St Thomas
    one at Cricket Park lake then flew off
  • 04/09 09:28 Derbyshire : Western Osprey, Carsington Water
    one flew over Hall Wood (09:20)
    04/09 10:36 Suffolk : Western Osprey, Lackford Lakes SWT
    still yesterday
    04/09 13:00 Suffolk : Western Osprey, Lackford Lakes SWT
    still (12:28)
    04/09 13:14 Cornwall : Western Osprey, Drift Reservoir
    still this morning

    04/09 13:43 Hampshire : Western Osprey, Hook-with-Warsash LNR
    one flew over Hook Spit (09:38)
    04/09 14:06 Kent : Western Osprey, Conyer
    one (13:45)
    04/09 14:33 Worcestershire : Western Osprey, Camp Lane Pools, Grimley
    one flew south (14:00)
    04/09 14:47 Essex : Western Osprey, Fingringhoe Wick EWT
    one on post on Geedon Marsh late morning
    04/09 15:11 Northumberland : Western Osprey, Derwent Reservoir
    one from hide (15:00)
    04/09 15:25 North Yorkshire : Western Osprey, Hunmanby Gap
    one flew north mid-afternoon
    04/09 15:41 Northumberland : Western Osprey, Derwent Reservoir
    two (15:30)
    04/09 16:14 Norfolk : Western Osprey, Strumpshaw Fen RSPB
    one flew past Tower Hide (16:05)
    04/09 16:15 Wiltshire : Western Osprey, Upper Woodford
    one flew over; also 2 Whinchats
    04/09 16:40 East Sussex : Western Osprey, Stonegate Station
    one flew over nearby
    04/09 17:57 Hertfordshire : Western Osprey, Panshanger Park
    one over lake this evening
    04/09 18:53 Greater Manchester : Western Osprey, Red Moss
    one flew south-east (10:30)
    04/09 21:35 Essex : Western Osprey, Fingringhoe Wick EWT
    one again on post at Geedon Saltings (19:30)
    04/09 22:39 Devon : Western Osprey, Seaton Marshes
    again over Axe Estuary this morning