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
As Nimrod still seems to be on Ile d'Oleron, some news about it I saw while in France. In February this year, Storm Xynthia killed 47 people on Ile d'Oleron, Ile de Re and along the coasts of Vendee and Charente-Maritime, mainly through flooding.
The French Govt has decided it can no longer guarantee some coastal defences, and has announced a plan which involves blacklisting certain coastal areas. Within them, no further development will be allowed, and existing properties will be compulsorily purchased and demolished. Obviously this is an emotive issue, and the haggling is ongoing. Visiting ospreys might be better off though, if it protects their roosts and fishing spots from further development.
Unknown said: Lake District brothers 11(JR) and 12(SV) now only approximately 50 miles apart in southern Mauritania: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ospreywatch/
Lake District brothers 11(JR) and 12(SV) now only approximately 50 miles apart in southern Mauritania:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ospreywatch/
Good morning Alan have not logged in over the weekend but thanks for the update.
Margobird
Unknown said: Spey living on tributary of the Niger river:http://www.roydennis.org/osprey/index.asp?id=199&sid=198
Spey living on tributary of the Niger river:http://www.roydennis.org/osprey/index.asp?id=199&sid=198
Thanks Alan seems like Spey has made it safely after the worry of the previous week.
Erika has moved on flying through Sudan toward the border with Ethiopia:
Update on Spey - still at the same place:
http://www.roydennis.org/osprey/index.asp?id=199&sid=198
It looks like there is no water where he is at the moment, but the image on Google Earth was probably taken during the dry season. As Sue rightly pointed out that this is not a tributary of the River Niger, but is fed from it. Therefore the recent heavy rains would swell the River Niger forcing water along the irrigation channel and extending it further into the desert, probably to where Spey is located.
Good morning Sandy at least Spey is somewhere he can catch fish. Good job there has been heavy rain in the region.
I tried looking up Spey's location on Bing maps (the Microsoft equivalent to Google Maps/Earth), and got a very different result. It seems the GE photo was taken in the dry season, the Bing one in the wet:
I would say, Spey's most recent locations correspond with the lake shown south of Koloni & Kana - this makes much more sense! Perhaps this suggests it would not be the place for him to spend the next 18 months though.
Jukka still in Poland (sorry, my GE is in Finnish)
my photos in flickr
Unknown said: I tried looking up Spey's location on Bing maps (the Microsoft equivalent to Google Maps/Earth), and got a very different result. It seems the GE photo was taken in the dry season, the Bing one in the wet: I would say, Spey's most recent locations correspond with the lake shown south of Koloni & Kana - this makes much more sense! Perhaps this suggests it would not be the place for him to spend the next 18 months though.
Sue C thanks for your work and info posted.
Sad new from Rob Bierregaard. I looks as if Penelope has been lost at sea!
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