This thread replaces Satellite Tracked Ospreys March-August 2010
It has been set up to follow the Autumn 2010 migration of ospreys tracked by satellite, other than those from Loch Garten. Comments about the travels of Rothes, hatched at Loch Garten in 2009, should be posted on the “Tracking Rothes and Mallachie” thread: http://www.rspb.org.uk/community/groups/lochgartenospreys/forum/t/3440.aspx
UK Organisations known to be currently tracking ospreys, and the birds involved, are as follows:
Roy Dennis, Highland Foundation for Wildlife – Scotland
Website: http://www.roydennis.org/osprey/index.asp
Beatrice
Adult female, hatched 2000, tagged 2008, ring Green 5B. Beatrice moved to a new nest in East Moray in Spring 2010, as her previous mate did not return from migration. On all of her tracked migrations, she has taken a stopover on the River Adour, near Dax in the Landes department of SW France. Her wintering site is on the Guadiaro river in southern Spain, NE of Gibraltar.
Morven
Adult female, hatched 2003, tagged 2008, ring White PE. Morven’s nest site is near Forres, Moray (with Talisman). So far, she has only taken stopovers on spring migrations, in the Villaviciosa estuary in the Asturias region of northern Spain - http://www.riadevillaviciosa.org/ . Her wintering site is the desert coast of Mauritania, north of the capital, Nouakchott.
Nimrod
Adult male, hatched 2001, tagged 2008, ring Red 7J. Nimrod’s nest site is also near Forres. He tends to take a stopover, of varying length, around the Ile d’Oleron, Charente-Maritime, western France. He winters on the Rio Cachine in Guinea Bissau.
Talisman
Adult male, hatched 1999, tagged 2009, ring Black 6R. Talisman’s nest site is near Forres, Moray (with Morven).On both his tracked migrations, he has had a stopover at the Roxo Reservoir, Alentejo, Portugal http://www.avesdeportugal.info/sitroxo.html . He winters on the Ilha de Enu, Bijagos Islands, Guinea Bissau – not far from Rothes.
Red 8T
Adult male, hatched 2001, tagged 2009, ring Red 8T. Red 8T nests in Strathspey, near the Rothiemurchus fishery. His wintering site is on the Casamanche River near Ziguinchor, southern Senegal. He doesn’t seem to do stopovers!
Rothiemurchus
Immature male hatched 2009, ring Blue AE. Hatched on Rothiemurchus Estate, near Aviemore, Highland. On his first migration south, after a narrow escape over the Atlantic, he spent 5 weeks on the Rio Paiva, Aveiro District, Portugal. He continued safely to Africa and has since spent his time exploring Senegal.
Spey
Juvenile Male, hatched 2010, ring Blue AS. Hatch site near Elgin, East Moray, Scotland.
Lake District Osprey Project, Bassenthwaite Lake, Cumbria, England
Project website: http://www.ospreywatch.co.uk/
Tracking reports on: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ospreywatch/
Juvenile Males, hatched 2010 - elder Chick White 12 and younger White 11
Rutland Water Osprey Project
There is no current satellite tracking, but posts may occasionally refer back to the tracking which was done from 1999-2002 - here's the link to all the records:
http://www.ospreys.org.uk/satellite.html
Dont get the logic behind posting pic of Bahia Gorrei now days after 11 passed through:
Alan It makes me ore concerned.
Tiger Signature
Thanks Alan for the update on Red 8T, he's not one to hang around, is he?
Spey has made a good start, making North Yorkshire last night:
http://www.roydennis.org/osprey/index.asp?id=199&sid=198
Re: Bassenthwaite pair. I couldn't agree more, Alan. I checked that out too, it might be just the case that it was the nearest pic they could find to represent the type of terrain they are encountering. The only positive I can draw is that it wasn't a downbeat update.
Yes Sandy, I am trying hard to stay positive....though I must admit to being more than a little worried right now.
ChloeB & Tiger's Osprey Data
US ospreys updated:
http://www.bioweb.uncc.edu/Bierregaard/migration10.htm
Janette has posted on the SWT blog (in response to your post, Alan) that she visited Whinlatter yesterday and was told both juveniles were on the Mauritanian coast. Maybe they are still both in the vicinity of their last given positions.
It is concerning when there are not regular and clear updates, even to say that there is no signal or no change in position. Especially when they seem to be in a dangerous place, ie #11. The group have not done this before though. I will be going to Whinlatter sometime maybe this week depending on the weather, and will ask again.
Thanks Sandy. I have just had a look at the reply from Janette. I just wish they would let us know if they have not moved on. Morven is very partial to that bit of coast so there must be plenty of fish.
AT LAST!!! 11 near Nouakchott, 12 into Senegal. Phew!!