LOCH GARTEN NEST - 16 MARCH-19 APRIL 2019

A very Happy Birthday to you, Henry

I wish "G" no harm and for him to return elsewhere!

I do not wish to see him as the successor to this nest especially when I think of Ollie, Henry & Odin for they were worthy males. I cannot and will never take to him especially in light of how he treated EJ in what was most likely her last season with us.

I truly hope the osprey that landed this morning is not him and if it was then god speed a young, strong handsome male, preferably ringed that will defend and provide for this nest.

Is it possible the bird this morning was an offspring of EJ returning to its birthplace? As far as I recall not all her chicks were ringed although I may be wrong.

Hi Rich
I believe that there is evidence that male Ospreys prefer to attempt to breed very close to their natal site, whilst females tend to breed further from their natal site - perhaps nature's way of reducing the risk of breeding between siblings / close relatives.
I recall that in about 2002 or perhaps 2004 there was a ringed male intruder at the LG nest and records showed that he had hatched some years earlier at the nearest nest to LG, so he was trying to breed very close to the site where he was hatched.
There were also observations of the 'old' male 'Ollie' who was renowned for defending his nest very vigorously against possible intruders, launching himself into the sky to intercept them often before they were visible to the human eye. However on a few occasions a 3rd Osprey would appear and instead of launching himself at them he flew to 'join' the intruder and Ollie and the intruder would eventually circle away together. One theory was that the intruder could have been a chick of Ollie's from a previous year that he recognised and that would not pose a threat. How he could recognise a chick of his that he had last seen in juvenile plumage has yet to be explained...……. but the more we try to understand these birds the more we realise how much we still have to learn.

From what I can recall there has only been one year when EJ’s chicks were not ringed (due to the bad weather) all of the other chicks did have coloured rings.

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Oh thanks, LIMPY - you've just reminded me that I've got little birds extracted from when I was looking for the male visitor this morning (they caught my attention, no problem, but the osprey completely passed me by and I had to replay the section over and over!).

I'll post later, I'm in pack-up mode yet again, can't keep going very long these days :(

Thank you for info over the page, CRinger and LES :)

Hello everyone, wow an Osprey, but WHO? I have been looking at your clips Scylla and the George thread that was posted and I think it could well be G George, can't see a clip this time of his head and neck or a frontal of the necklace, but mmmm, thinks so. So what now I wonder, duf duf duf!!