As this could to be a monumental year, with the possibility of the first breeding Ospreys in Poole for a very long time, and the chance of more relocated birds returning I thought we might as well start off a new thread.
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Tony T said:Lets hope a male appears soon.
I second that! I have the impression, rightly or wrongly, that we see more lonely females than males.
Last evening she was on the nest from 19:10 to 20:00 approx.
This morning, after the routine cambump, she descended @ 05:44:
When not looking out for a beau, she's been in the nestcup:
G'night!
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She stayed on the nest, moving from various sides and the cup, and flew off at 09.24. A quick scan suggests she hasn't been back since.
A chiff chaff has been singing its heart out, and at 08.10 a white deer passed below in the gorse
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Not sure where to post this but as the interview mentions Poole Harbour as well as Loch Garten (not on line at present), here's a nice interview with Roy Dennis from yesterday's Out of Doors on BBC Scotland. Starts about 55 minutes in.
Korky, that is a really interesting interview. I don't know whether Tiger continues to keep an eye on these threads nowadays, but I do know he would be delighted to hear the comment about an Irish nest!
After scrabbling and calling on the campost, she dropped down and chipped a few times but the alert soon passed:
Last seen on her way back up to the campost @ 19:54, bumps were later seen on the cam.
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Sorry, Alison, I'll try to do better !!!
Unknown said:Patily, last year LS7 returned on 12 June as a two-year-old, so we are hoping he will come back much earlier this year. We still have one or two ospreys passing through, and an unringed male was captured by a trail camera on another platform with CJ7 a couple of days ago. He seems to have departed the area now, though. Keep those fingers crossed!
I only realised recently that LS7 was back so late last year (well not actually late at all for a two year old) but perhaps expecting nesting this year may be too optimistic. Green 5R came back on 11 June 2006 and it a while before he started to breed.
May 22 is usually the cut off point for laying of eggs at these latitudes.
Still as long as he arrives you never know.
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SheilaFE said:Moritz that is a really interesting interview. I don't know whether Tiger continues to keep an eye on these threads nowadays, but I do know he would be delighted to hear the comment about an Irish nest!
Thanks for alerting me to it.
CJ7 brought a fish down to the nest very briefly at 13.43, then flew with it.
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