20 sightings were reported yesterday 27/04 10:05 Northumberland : Western Osprey, Woodhorn Flashes one flew north 27/04 10:07 Suffolk : Western Osprey, Lowestoft one flew over North Denes (09:30) 27/04 10:09 Cornwall : Western Osprey, Tintagel one flew over Willapark (08:20)
27/04 21:05 London : Western Osprey, Gidea Park
one yesterday
27/04 21:06 Lancashire : Western Osprey, Withnell Fold
one flew over Withnell (15:00)
27/04 21:10 Lincolnshire : Western Osprey, Legbourne
27/04 22:17 Devon : Western Osprey, Taw Estuary
one (possibly two) around Crow Point today
28/04 09:00 Conwy : Western Osprey, Great Orme one flew north (08:25)
28/04 12:00 Northumberland : Western Osprey, Big Waters NR
one briefly this morning
28/04 12:00 Northumberland : Western Osprey, Woodhorn Flashes
again then flew south (10:30)
29/04 08:12 Conwy : Western Osprey, Great Orme one flew south over cairn (08:00)
29/04 10:59 Northamptonshire : Western Osprey, Pitsford Reservoir
one
29/04 11:48 Cheshire : Western Osprey, Warrington
one flew south-east over Tesco early morning
30/04 10:03 Norfolk : Western Osprey, Nunnery Lakes Reserve one flew over
Reported osprey sightings for April 2019 : 348 2020 : 474 01/05 08:01 North Yorkshire : Western Osprey, Scarborough one flew south yesterday
01/05 11:02 Kent : Western Osprey, Boughton Monchelsea
one flew over Linton
01/05 15:01 East Yorkshire : Western Osprey, Flamborough Head
one flew west
01/05 16:00 North Yorkshire : Western Osprey, Heslington
one at Heslington Tillmire this morning
01/05 16:00 North Yorkshire : Western Osprey, Naburn
one over Howden Lane
This is an interesting one. Very near Ferry Meadows and heading directly for Rutland Water 02/05 12:00 Cambridgeshire : Western Osprey, Orton Wistow one flew NNW (11:41) 02/05 12:01 Lancashire : Western Osprey, Brockholes LWT one over River Ribble then flew upriver 02/05 13:00 Northamptonshire : Western Osprey, Welford Reservoir one flew north over village (11:59)
02/05 15:01 Shetland : Western Osprey, Sandwick, Mainland
one flew north mid-afternoon
02/05 16:00 Cambridgeshire : Western Osprey, Ellington
two flew west (15:50)
02/05 16:00 Kent : Western Osprey, Boughton Monchelsea
one this morning
02/05 16:00 Norfolk : Western Osprey, Hemsby
one flew south yesterday
03/05 08:00 Devon : Western Osprey, Exwick one flew over yesterday afternoon 03/05 08:00 Northumberland : Western Osprey, Alnwick one flew west over Alnwick Castle
03/05 10:01 Shropshire : Western Osprey, Cantlop
one flew NNE (09:00)
03/05 10:02 Norfolk : Western Osprey, Stoke Holy Cross
one flew north (09:45)
03/05 10:48 East Yorkshire : Western Osprey, Beverley
one flew north-west (10:45)
03/05 12:02 Orkney : Western Osprey, Loch of Bosquoy, Mainland
one fishing then flew north
03/05 12:02 Worcestershire : Western Osprey, Wythall
one gained height being mobbed by Buzzards, then a probable second flew north-east 10 minutes later (10:50)
03/05 13:00 Worcestershire : Western Osprey, Hollywood
one flew over Trueman's Heath
03/05 13:00 Lincolnshire : Western Osprey, Kelby
one between here and Greylees this morning (08:00)
03/05 14:00 East Yorkshire : Western Osprey, Flamborough Head
one flew over low (13:55)
03/05 14:01 Essex : Western Osprey, Great Baddow
one flew south
03/05 15:01 Lancashire : Western Osprey, Blackburn
one over River Ribble
03/05 16:00 Lancashire : Western Osprey, Conder Green
one flew north
03/05 20:00 Shetland : Western Osprey, Loch of Spiggie, Mainland
again this evening
03/05 21:00 Worcestershire : Western Osprey, Droitwich
one flew up canal (20:30)
The sightings on Shetland could be the same Osprey, 1st and 2nd May, in Shetland, then on the 3rd on Orkney. Maybe a youngster roaming about, it could even be Aln, who knows
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