Osprey Sightings 2020

Gironde
Thursday, January 2nd, 2020
1 Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
Detail : 1x immature (stationary
Landes
1 Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
Comment :
posé au sol au fond de la réserve; se toilette
  • 13/07 07:18 Devon : Western Osprey, Aveton Gifford
    one flew over yesterday
    13/07 08:11 Northamptonshire : Western Osprey, Pitsford Reservoir
    one again flew south over causeway

    13/07 09:58 Northumberland : Western Osprey, Widdrington
    one flew west over A1068 (09:58)
    13/07 11:55 Cornwall : Western Osprey, Drift Reservoir
    one again between 08:25 and 09:00 then drifted south (09:00)
    13/07 12:22 Kent : Western Osprey, Bough Beech Reservoir
    one
    13/07 13:05 Cornwall : Western Osprey, Penzance
    one flew over Wherrytown (09:05)
    13/07 13:06 Devon : Western Osprey, Bere Ferrers
    one sat in tree to east of River Tavy (11:55)
    13/07 15:17 Cambridgeshire : Western Osprey, Peterborough
    one drifted north over Peterborough City Hospital mid-afternoon
    13/07 16:18 Staffordshire : Western Osprey, Blithfield Reservoir
    one in Blithe Bay
  • 14/07 09:01 Northamptonshire : Western Osprey, Pitsford Reservoir
    again off the sailing club then flew toward Brixworth (08:40)

    14/07 16:42 Cambridgeshire : Western Osprey, Grafham Water
    two flew east mid-afternoon
  • 15/07 20:45 Hampshire : Western Osprey, Fishlake Meadows HIWWT
    still; also 2 Great Egrets (11:45)
  • 16/07 07:23 Northumberland : Western Osprey, Newbiggin-by-the-Sea
    one flew north over Church Point (07:15)

    16/07 09:05 Cambridgeshire : Western Osprey, Grafham Water
    one on north shore (09:03)
    16/07 16:12 Hampshire : Western Osprey, Fishlake Meadows HIWWT
    still (13:30)
    16/07 16:13 Hampshire : Western Osprey, Blashford Lakes HWT
    one on Ibsley Water at midday (12:00)
  • 17/07 13:23 Dorset : Western Osprey, Abbotsbury Swannery
    one flew west; also 2 Western Cattle Egrets by the beach (13:20)
  • 18/07 08:29 Essex : Western Osprey, Alresford Creek
    one along River Colne (08:25)

    18/07 15:02 East Sussex : Western Osprey, Weir Wood Reservoir
    again in tree by Whillet's Reedbed yesterday morning
  • 19/07 08:02 Surrey : Western Osprey, Tice's Meadow
    one early morning

    19/07 10:03 Surrey : Western Osprey, Tice's Meadow
    earlier reported individual was a Common Buzzard [X]
    19/07 10:21 Northumberland : Western Osprey, Harthope Valley
    one this morning
    19/07 11:09 Northamptonshire : Western Osprey, Hollowell Reservoir
    one between 10:55 and 11:05 then flew south-east
    19/07 11:50 North Yorkshire : Western Osprey, Nosterfield Quarry
    one perched on dead tree Lingham Lake and viewable from viewing screen (11:48)
    19/07 12:26 East Sussex : Western Osprey, Brede Levels
    one flew over Brede Valley towards Udiemore (12:10)
    19/07 13:04 North Yorkshire : Western Osprey, Nosterfield Quarry
    three at Flask Lake early afternoon
    19/07 13:14 North Yorkshire : Western Osprey, Westerdale Moor
    one late morning
    19/07 14:20 North Yorkshire : Western Osprey, Hawes
    one fishing on River Ure (13:45)
    19/07 15:21 Nottinghamshire : Western Osprey, Welbeck watchpoint
    one noted fishing from feeding station car park (15:17)
    19/07 16:50 Nottinghamshire : Western Osprey, Welbeck watchpoint
    one again moved from west to south (16:40)
    19/07 16:55 Lancashire : Western Osprey, Leighton Moss RSPB
    one over causeway (12:00)
    19/07 18:14 Nottinghamshire : Western Osprey, Welbeck watchpoint
    again early evening flew east to west (18:00)
  • Many thanks Alan. What a large number of sightings in one day at this stage of the season. Would they fledlings? In which case those in Nottinghamshire and Yorkshire are perhaps of note!
  • I don't think they are fledgelings yet, maybe 2 year olds or early leaving females from failed Scottish nests
  • 20/07 10:25 West Yorkshire : Western Osprey, St Aidan's RSPB (Swillington Ings)
    one flew south over Main Lake (10:15)
    20/07 10:31 Nottinghamshire : Western Osprey, Welbeck watchpoint

    again over Great Lake

    20/07 14:56 Devon : Western Osprey, Brixham
    one flew south-west over west side (14:50)
    20/07 15:22 Essex : Western Osprey, Heybridge Basin
    one flew west along channel between Northy Island and Maldon