RUTLAND OSPREY PROJECT 2020

OH How awful Completely choked Poor boy

News re S2(15)

Link to Fb post with additional photos and information > Here

Thank you SANDRA What marvellous news......and doesn't it look a beautiful setting?

YW Patily. Yes, it looks to be a wonderful area for Ospreys :)

Thanks Sandra for the wonderful news about S2(15).

It is just brilliant knowing he has taken up territory in whats looks to be a beautiful, ideal location. And raising three young is just the icing on the cake.

A pleasure, Karen :)

'End of Season Blues' - confirmation that B33(11) left MB on Saturday 29th August (though Fb post states Saturday 28th)

Link to video > RutlandOspreyProject/videos/

Latest blog - 'An Irresistible Call to Depart'

lrwt.org.uk/blog/abi-mustard/irresistible-call-depart 

This is what Rutland have published on their Facebook Page regarding Numbers this year. 

Someone asked how numbers compared to last year 

This was their reply

I suppose it’s better than nothing.   So 10 surplus birds, which are probably thought to be all males. 

OK I will have a wee moan - what’s the big secret now at Rutland, years ago they gave so much more information.   When you compare to the amount of detail and information you get from Kielder, this a very poor comparison.

Thanks, Mary, for passing on the info from Rutland, such as it is. Better than nothing, I suppose, but it is frustrating. There must be reasons why they had a change of heart some years ago about sharing anything more than minimal information. Possibly partly related to a change of personnel? Possibly related to the difference in human population density around Rutland Water as compared to that around Kielder Forest--more people, more chances that the birds might be persecuted, perhaps by (skill-less!) fisherfolk? They did have mysterious disappearances of a couple of males some years ago, likely by humans. Possibly also something to do with the fact that most of the Rutland nests are on private land while most or all of those at Kielder are in the Forest. Also most Kielder nests are regularly monitored (at least until lockdown), and many have cameras, while I do not know if any of Rutland's nests other than Manton Bay have cameras on them or not. Before lockdown, we know that at least one other nest at Rutland was regularly monitored from a forward hide because we had blogs from their Education Officer, Ken. Anyone else have suggestions as to why Rutland do not share as much as several other Osprey projects?