RUTLAND OSPREY PROJECT 2019

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Brilliant, Roger

On BBC Breakfast this morning there's been a feature on Sacha Dench "the human swan", who's going to follow an osprey migration wearing her "paramotor" (?) all the way to west Africa.  Tim Appleton also gave a short interview.  There are, they say, going to be more features this morning - and it will be on iPlayer tomorrow.

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Link >> BOW Party (Bye-bye Ospreys Week Party)

I se they report a record year. Does anyone know the figures?

Hi Hilary J

I read somewhere where Roy Dennis had said in a blog that there were now 10 nests at Rutland. Not sure if that had been confirmed. I think sometimes though they report nests that aren't successful i.e. paired birds but no fledged young.

Previous record numbers for Rutland were 8 nests, fledging 16 young in 2017. So both higher in 2019.

Working on 10 nests and an average of 2 fledging young from each nest that might mean about 20 young. But I guess we'll never know for sure.

I have just spoken to Lyndon.
They confirm 10 nests and say they are preparing a Blog which will include details of the chicks and the satellite data of the two tagged birds?
Ring numbers will not be published.

Morning All. Thanks for posts.
Mike, The latest entry on Rutland's satellite tracking page is from November 2018. Then there were three tagged Rutland birds in Africa--adult female Yellow 30 (05), Blue male S1(15) and Blue male 4K(13) if I remember rightly. Did they not all return this year or has the tracker failed on one of them? Or.....?

Blue 2AM(17) has been sighted over Blithfield reservoir on 26 August.

From Rutland Facebook (also thanks to Valerie for posting link to tweet about 2AM on Manton Bay thread earlier)