I thought I'd start a new thread ready for this years relocation, which is year 3. Along with news of any sightings of the Translocated Ospreys from the first 2 years of the project
Carried on from last years thread HERE
Richard B
Alison, Are you applying for the job?! Best of luck if so!
Kind regards, Ann
No, I'm a bit too old and decrepit for full-time work! Also I have other voluntary commitments that I don't want to abandon. Mix and match works well for me, and I need a bit of down time too, so I'm happy to stay involved with the osprey project as a volunteer helper.
Ah well, never mind. Lovely jobs for younger folks, then, Alison, but you cannot be that decrepit or you would not be volunteering again this year! I look forward to hearing your reports this summer.
Perhaps you can teach them the 'Yagi' Alison!!
Birdies LG DU update.
Happy to share my Yagi knowledge and technique, Mike!
An interesting opportunity for someone far younger and fitter than myself. The Birds of Poole Harbour group are a great bunch of people, I've been on two of their boats trips around Poole Harbour last year, the last one being an Osprey spotting trip in Aug which was a lot warmer than the waders of Poole Harbour trip in Feb, if I remember correctly we saw about 8 ospreys altogether. After our Aug trip we went to Arne and saw 3 of the relocation ospreys at their feeding pen and a migratory one perched out on the reserve. There was also a guy from the Ron Dennis foundation out there with a scope to show visitors the birds. They now have a shop unit on Poole Harbour quay side with lots of information not just about ospreys but all the wildlife around the harbour. I would highly recommend their boat tours, its a great way to see a lot of Poole Harbour and lots of birds.
This is my record shot of the migrant at Arne. It was a long way off.
Tony
https://www.flickr.com/photos/wherryman/
Yagi? Had to look it up! The Yagi directional antenna perhaps?
That's right, GB. Here is a heavily cropped photo of me using one to track fledged birds. You set the channel for each bird's tracker and then move the antenna until you get the strongest signal (a beeping noise). This gives you a (rough) sense of their position. We noted positions every half hour or so, or when birds were seen to come in to feed. Very useful for IDing when one suddenly flies over your head unannounced! Also useful if a signal comes from the same place for a long time, which needs investigating.
Alison can you get BBC and ITV as well?
Ha ha, Richard, if only!