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Osprey Sightings 2021

ALAN PETRIE
01/01/2021 20:21

Overwintering osprey at Urdaibai marshes this evening

  • 25/03/2021 08:43

    25/03 07:21 Northamptonshire : Western Osprey, Hollowell Reservoir
    one

    25/03 08:23 Buckinghamshire : Western Osprey, Willen Lake
    one at South Lake (08:22)
    25/03 10:22 Clyde : Western Osprey, Loch Lomond
    one
    25/03 11:59 Leicestershire and Rutland : Western Osprey, Eyebrook Reservoir
    one flew over (11:49)
    25/03 13:33 Northamptonshire : Western Osprey, Ravensthorpe Reservoir
    one over the causeway (11:35)
    25/03 13:41 Northamptonshire : Western Osprey, Pitsford Reservoir
    one in Scaldwell Bay this afternoon then flew towards Scaldwell
    25/03 14:02 Leicestershire and Rutland : Western Osprey, Eyebrook Reservoir
    one flew from north end towards car park (13:30)
    25/03 14:05 Lancashire : Western Osprey, Stocks Reservoir
    one over Hodder Inlet (09:20)
    25/03 14:17 Cumbria : Western Osprey, Tindale Tarn
    one on wall (14:10)
    25/03 15:36 Cheshire : Western Osprey, Warrington
    one flew south-west (14:25)
    25/03 17:25 Leicestershire and Rutland : Western Osprey, Albert Village
    one flew north over lake (17:00)
    25/03 17:53 Bedfordshire : Western Osprey, Upper Gravenhurst
    one flew over Lower Gravenhurst
    25/03 18:38 Gloucestershire : Western Osprey, Nailsworth
    one flew north over valley
    25/03 20:13 Devon : Western Osprey, Otter Estuary NR
    one flew south-west (18:15)
    25/03 21:45 Hampshire : Western Osprey, Langstone Harbour
    one flew north over harbour (16:05)
  • 26/03/2021 10:10

    26/03 10:01 Hampshire : Western Osprey, Pennington Marshes
    one photographed yesterday (25/03 09:57)

    26/03 10:08 Dumfries & Galloway : Western Osprey, Threave
    one by River Dee yesterday
    26/03 12:11 Lincolnshire : Western Osprey, Marston Sewage Farm
    one flew north along River Witham (12:00)
    26/03 12:49 Kent : Western Osprey, Stodmarsh NNR
    one viewed from the Lampen Wall near Tower Hide; also 8 Russian White-fronted Geese (12:00)
    26/03 13:35 South Yorkshire : Western Osprey, Crane Moor
    one flew low west
    26/03 14:03 South Yorkshire : Western Osprey, Silkstone
    one flew low north-west over Banks Hall (13:50)
    26/03 14:25 East Yorkshire : Western Osprey, Driffield
    one flew along canal towards town (14:20)
    26/03 14:47 Cumbria : Western Osprey, Foulshaw Moss
    one today
    26/03 14:58 East Yorkshire : Western Osprey, Driffield
    still in tree just east of Bel Mills then flew west (14:45)
    26/03 15:27 Hampshire : Western Osprey, Hythe
    one caught fish on River Solent then mobbed by gulls and flew south towards New Forest  (15:24)
    26/03 17:06 Hertfordshire : Western Osprey, Stanborough Lakes
    one flew north-west (16:50)
    26/03 17:42 North Yorkshire : Western Osprey, Eggborough
    one flew low north-west over M62 (13:29)
    26/03 17:51 South Yorkshire : Western Osprey, Wombwell Ings RSPB (Dearne Valley)
    one flew south over the Fleet towards Broomhill Flash this eve
    26/03 18:20 Cambridgeshire : Western Osprey, Farcet Fen
    one flew north-west (18:13)
    26/03 21:30 North Yorkshire : Western Osprey, Gouthwaite Reservoir
    one
  • 27/03/2021 08:58

    27/03 07:12 East Sussex : Western Osprey, Weir Wood Reservoir
    one at east end then flew off south-east (06:50)
    27/03 07:33 Cleveland : Western Osprey, North Gare
    one flew north-west towards Seaton Carew (07:25)
    27/03 07:36 Northamptonshire : Western Osprey, Pitsford Reservoir
    one again in Scaldwell Bay (07:32)
    27/03 07:53 Bedfordshire : Western Osprey, Dunstable
    one flew over (07:50)
    27/03 08:06 Durham : Western Osprey, South Shields
    one flew south-west (07:50)
    27/03 08:24 Lincolnshire : Western Osprey, Baston & Langtoft Pits
    one flew north over towards Baston Fen (08:10)
    27/03 08:28 Dorset : Western Osprey, Wareham
    one fishing at Wareham Channel

    27/03 09:01 Durham : Western Osprey, Ryhope
    one flew north past Toll Bar (08:55)
    27/03 09:04 Cleveland : Western Osprey, Seaton Common
    one flew over Zinc Works Road (08:48)
    27/03 09:16 Northamptonshire : Western Osprey, Ecton
    one flew over fishing lakes
    27/03 09:27 Cleveland : Western Osprey, Hartlepool Headland
    one flew north over Spion Kop Cemetery (09:00)
    27/03 09:33 Nottinghamshire : Western Osprey, Budby Common
    one flew north over pumping station (09:30)
    27/03 09:36 Lancashire : Western Osprey, Elston
    one over River Ribble viewed from Brockholes (09:28)
    27/03 10:23 South Yorkshire : Western Osprey, Darfield
    one flew west (10:15)
    27/03 10:40 Dorset : Western Osprey, Wareham
    three at Wareham Channel this morning
    27/03 10:48 Northumberland : Western Osprey, Morpeth
    one flew WNW over Stobhill Manor (10:40)
    27/03 10:55 Leicestershire and Rutland : Western Osprey, Swithland Reservoir
    one flew north (10:52)
    27/03 11:21 Buckinghamshire : Western Osprey, Jubilee River NR
    one flew over
    27/03 11:39 Glamorgan : Western Osprey, Forest Farm CP
    one flew over hide towards River Taff (06:40)
    27/03 11:47 South Yorkshire : Western Osprey, Silkstone Common
    one flew north
    27/03 13:02 Cheshire : Western Osprey, Tatton Park
    one flew over yesterday
    27/03 13:07 Durham : Western Osprey, Whitburn Coastal Park
    one flew over (09:20)
    27/03 13:51 East Sussex : Western Osprey, Norman's Bay
    one flew in-off sea just east of outfall then flew off south-west at 09:45 (08:50)
    27/03 13:59 North Yorkshire : Western Osprey, Boroughbridge
    one flew west mid-afternoon
    27/03 14:08 Clyde : Western Osprey, Longhaugh Point
    one over estuary
    27/03 14:55 Kent : Western Osprey, Bough Beech Reservoir
    one
    27/03 15:11 Berkshire : Western Osprey, Padworth Lane GP
    one in flight (15:03)
    27/03 16:17 Northamptonshire : Western Osprey, Hollowell Reservoir
    one flew through to west
    27/03 16:19 Northamptonshire : Western Osprey, Ravensthorpe Reservoir
    one late afternoon (16:19)
    27/03 16:44 London : Western Osprey, Richmond Park
    possible flew west late afternoon [?]
    27/03 16:53 Kent : Western Osprey, Bough Beech Reservoir
    still (16:52)
    27/03 17:20 East Sussex : Western Osprey, Peacehaven
    one flew north over Meridian Line Monument (11:45)
    27/03 18:17 Cambridgeshire : Western Osprey, Grafham Water
    one fishing; also Great Northern Diver still (18:10)
    27/03 19:05 Kent : Western Osprey, Oare Marshes NR
    one today
    27/03 19:34 London : Western Osprey, Staines Moor
    one flew north (17:45)
    27/03 19:38 Suffolk : Western Osprey, Halesworth
    one flew west
    27/03 20:46 Borders : Western Osprey, Watch Water Reservoir
    one (14:00)
    27/03 21:26 Oxfordshire : Western Osprey, Bicester
    one flew over Lower Heyford (15:33)
    27/03 21:45 Cleveland : Western Osprey, Cowpen Marsh
    one flew over two sparring Little Egrets this morning (07:02)
    27/03 22:15 North Yorkshire : Western Osprey, Crossgates
    one flew over
  • 27/03/2021 11:32
    Thank you ALAN That's one impressive list
  • 27/03/2021 12:31
    3 fishing in the Wareham Channel in Poole Harbour, good news.

    Richard B

  • 28/03/2021 09:13

    40 sightings reported on BirdGuides yesterday

    28/03 07:56 Derbyshire : Western Osprey, Ogston Reservoir
    one flew north

    28/03 08:14 Wiltshire : Western Osprey, Salisbury
    one flew over
    28/03 09:59 East Sussex : Western Osprey, Weir Wood Reservoir
    one again being harassed by Red Kite (09:58)
    28/03 10:47 Nottinghamshire : Western Osprey, Clifton
    one flew east over Branshill (10:45
    28/03 11:53 South Yorkshire : Western Osprey, Wilthorpe Marsh
    one flew north-west (11:37)
    28/03 13:31 Norfolk : Western Osprey, Thorpe St Andrew
    one flew north (12:45)
    28/03 13:46 West Sussex : Western Osprey, Church Norton
    one flew in off sea and continued towards Pagham (13:38)
    28/03 13:53 Lancashire : Western Osprey, Leighton Moss RSPB
    one again over Causeway Pool yesterday morning
    28/03 14:01 Lancashire : Western Osprey, Preesall
    one flew south over flashes (13:00)
    28/03 14:08 West Yorkshire : Western Osprey, Holme Styes Reservoir
    one drifted over from north-west (14:05)
    28/03 14:16 Bedfordshire : Western Osprey, Southill
    one flew north towards Old Warden Park (14:10)
    28/03 14:36 Durham : Western Osprey, Crook
    one flew north over Crook Golf Club (11:45)
    28/03 15:59 Hertfordshire : Western Osprey, Tewin
    one west over Tewin Bury Farm Hotel (15:30)
    28/03 16:05 Hampshire : Western Osprey, Farlington Marshes HWT
    one flew north-east over main lake
    28/03 16:07 Staffordshire : Western Osprey, Codsall
    one flew north over Bilbrook (16:05)
    28/03 16:15 Kent : Western Osprey, Bough Beech Reservoir
    one again flew south
    28/03 17:15 Hampshire : Western Osprey, Fishlake Meadows HIWWT
    one (12:00)
    28/03 17:18 Dorset : Western Osprey, Wareham
    one still, enjoying a fish supper on the south shore of Wareham Channel
    28/03 17:51 Lancashire : Western Osprey, Stocks Reservoir
    one (16:15)
    28/03 19:08 South Yorkshire : Western Osprey, Stainton
    one flew north over Stainton Quarry yesterday morning (27/03 10:25)
    28/03 20:59 Worcestershire : Western Osprey, Salwarpe
    one flew north-east over canal (18:15)
    28/03 22:54 Devon : Western Osprey, Burrator Reservoir
    one fishing yesterday
  • 28/03/2021 13:14

    French migration watchpoints
    27 mar
    Col de l'Escrinet 7 Ospreys

    Gruissan - étang de l'Ayrolle : 5 Ospreys

  • 29/03/2021 09:30

    29/03 07:21 Dorset : Western Osprey, Brownsea Island NT
    one flew over yesterday
    29/03 07:48 East Sussex : Western Osprey, Weir Wood Reservoir
    again (07:46)

    29/03 09:37 Oxfordshire : Western Osprey, Port Meadow
    one flew north (08:00)
    29/03 09:52 Lancashire : Western Osprey, Crosby
    one flew north (09:41)
    29/03 12:47 London : Western Osprey, Dagenham Chase LNR
    one flew north; also possible Glaucous Gull flew over (12:37)
    29/03 12:49 Cumbria : Western Osprey, Bassenthwaite Lake
    one in bare tree in south reedbed (12:35)
    29/03 12:52 Bedfordshire : Western Osprey, Grovebury Sand Pit
    one flew north (12:40)
    29/03 13:02 Hampshire : Western Osprey, Normandy
    one flew east over Normandy Marsh (09:30)
    29/03 13:08 South Yorkshire : Western Osprey, Bawtry
    one flew south over A631 (12:40)
    29/03 14:22 Wiltshire : Western Osprey, Charlton-All-Saints
    one flew over
    29/03 14:54 North Yorkshire : Western Osprey, Nosterfield LNR
    one flew over (14:49)
    29/03 16:07 Greater Manchester : Western Osprey, Lowercroft Reservoirs
    one briefly then flew west (15:36)
    29/03 16:09 Leicestershire and Rutland : Western Osprey, Eyebrook Reservoir
    one again this morning
    29/03 16:13 Durham : Western Osprey, Whitburn Coastal Park
    one flew west over range (16:05)
    29/03 16:17 Gwent : Western Osprey, Llandegfedd Reservoir
    one fishing (16:16)
    29/03 16:19 Kent : Western Osprey, Folkestone
    one flew north-west over Caesar's Camp (51.098, 1.161) (16:10)
    29/03 16:37 Dorset : Western Osprey, Chickerell
    one flew over high
    29/03 16:40 Cambridgeshire : Western Osprey, Grafham Water
    one present between 10:50 and 11:30 then flew north; also 2 Swallows (11:30)
    29/03 16:40 Lancashire : Western Osprey, Chorley
    one flew over Great Knowley (16:00)
    29/03 16:42 Cambridgeshire : Western Osprey, The Mordens
    one flew over Guilden Morden
    29/03 16:57 Northamptonshire : Western Osprey, Ravensthorpe Reservoir
    one then chased off by Red Kite (16:30)
    29/03 17:05 Somerset & Bristol : Western Osprey, Crew's Hole
    one flew over mobbed by Peregrine (16:35)
    29/03 17:24 Surrey : Western Osprey, Capel
    probable flew north (16:50) [?]
    29/03 18:13 Worcestershire : Western Osprey, Camp Lane Pools, Grimley
    one flew north (17:45)
    29/03 18:34 Warwickshire : Western Osprey, Alvecote Pools
    one flew north over Mill Pool (17:45)
    29/03 19:03 Nottinghamshire : Western Osprey, Attenborough NR
    one flew over today
    29/03 19:27 Wiltshire : Western Osprey, Chilton Foliat
    one from stone bridge (19:19)
    29/03 21:50 Essex : Western Osprey, Fisher's Green NR
    one flew north (19:35)
  • 30/03/2021 09:17

    30/03 07:16 Norfolk : Western Osprey, Great Ryburgh
    one flew north yesterday
    30/03 07:27 Wiltshire : Western Osprey, Chilton Foliat
    still from stone bridge (07:13)
    30/03 08:07 Essex : Western Osprey, Rayleigh
    one flew over Hambro Hill yesterday evening
    30/03 08:12 West Yorkshire : Western Osprey, St Aidan's RSPB (Swillington Ings)
    one at Astley Lake
    30/03 08:41 Staffordshire : Western Osprey, Tittesworth Reservoir
    one flew over (08:30)
    30/03 08:46 Hampshire : Western Osprey, Fareham
    one flew over WicorMarine yesterday evening (29/03 19:05)
    30/03 09:02 Cheshire : Western Osprey, Greasby
    one flew north over Arrowe Park Hospital (08:50)
    30/03 09:08 Worcestershire : Western Osprey, Upper Bittell Reservoir
    one this morning then continued north

    30/03 09:16 Cleveland : Western Osprey, Crookfoot Reservoir
    one flew over
    30/03 09:37 Cheshire : Western Osprey, Woolston Eyes NR (PERMIT ONLY)
    one reported north over No 4 Bed
    30/03 09:39 Cleveland : Western Osprey, Seaton Common
    one flew north over Zinc Works Road (09:28)
    30/03 09:48 South Yorkshire : Western Osprey, Whitley Common
    one flew north over Brown Edge Lane
    30/03 09:49 Pembrokeshire : Western Osprey, Poppit Sands
    one flew up Afon Teifi this morning
    30/03 09:59 Derbyshire : Western Osprey, Carsington Water
    one flew north viewed from Stones Island (09:57)
    30/03 10:03 West Yorkshire : Western Osprey, Rodley NR
    one circled low then continued north-west (10:00)
    30/03 10:07 Durham : Western Osprey, Blackhall Rocks
    one flew north
    30/03 10:08 Kent : Western Osprey, Northward Hill RSPB
    one flew WNW (10:01)
    30/03 10:23 Bedfordshire : Western Osprey, Broom GPs
    one flew north over Gypsy Lane East towards Sandy (10:22)
    30/03 10:24 Warwickshire : Western Osprey, Draycote Water
    one over Valve Tower (10:23)
    30/03 10:26 North Yorkshire : Western Osprey, Long Nab, Burniston
    one flew north
    30/03 10:42 Warwickshire : Western Osprey, Earlswood Lakes
    one this morning then continued north (09:20)
    30/03 10:47 Hertfordshire : Western Osprey, Amwell NR
    one flew north (10:40)
    30/03 10:47 West Sussex : Western Osprey, Shoreham-by-Sea
    one flew west just south of A27 (10:40)
    30/03 10:53 Greater Manchester : Western Osprey, Audenshaw Reservoirs (Permit only)
    one drifted slowly north (10:35)
    30/03 11:27 Cheshire : Western Osprey, Hale
    one flew north-east over Ramsbrook Lane sewage works; also 2 male Northern Wheatears off Carr Lane
    30/03 11:32 Lancashire : Western Osprey, Blundellsands
    one flew north-east (11:22)
    30/03 11:46 North Yorkshire : Western Osprey, Kirk Smeaton
    one flew west (11:42)
    30/03 12:07 Lancashire : Western Osprey, Marshside RSPB
    one flew over sandplant (12:04)
    30/03 12:19 Essex : Western Osprey, Corringham
    one flew north over Lampits Hill (12:15)
    30/03 12:21 Pembrokeshire : Western Osprey, Treleddyd-fawr
    one flew north over Llanferran Farm (51.9100, -5.2584) this morning; also House Martin and Northern Wheatear
    30/03 12:31 Cambridgeshire : Western Osprey, Paxton Pits NR
    one flew north over new workings; also Cattle Egret still (12:23)
    30/03 12:45 Staffordshire : Western Osprey, Tittesworth Reservoir
    second individual flew north (12:43)
    30/03 13:03 Leicestershire and Rutland : Western Osprey, Eyebrook Reservoir
    one fishing
    30/03 13:04 Fife : Western Osprey, West Lomond
    one flew north-west (12:30)
    30/03 13:13 Durham : Western Osprey, Boldon Flats NR
    one flew over
    30/03 13:13 Northumberland : Western Osprey, Melkridge
    one flew west along River South Tyne mobbed by gulls (12:50)
    30/03 13:26 Cheshire : Western Osprey, Heswall
    one flew north-east over golf club (13:24)
    30/03 13:40 Northumberland : Western Osprey, Wallsend
    one over Swallow Pond NR then flew north-east
    30/03 13:45 South Yorkshire : Western Osprey, Strines Reservoir
    one flew north over Dale Dale Dike Reservoir (11:00)
    30/03 13:59 Cheshire : Western Osprey, Greasby
    second individual flew over Arrowe Park Hospital (13:40)
    30/03 14:09 Lancashire : Western Osprey, Fleetwood
    one flew north over promenade (13:45)
    30/03 14:13 Warwickshire : Western Osprey, Earlswood Lakes
    one over Engine Pool then flew towards Windmill Pool (14:00)
    30/03 14:20 Greater Manchester : Western Osprey, Brun Clough Reservoir
    one flew NNE (13:45)
    30/03 14:32 Lancashire : Western Osprey, Longridge
    one circled over between 14:15 and 14:25 as viewed from Alston Reservoirs (14:25)
    30/03 14:34 Cleveland : Western Osprey, Dorman's Pool
    one flew over (13:59)
    30/03 15:37 Cumbria : Western Osprey, Waterhead
    one fishing over Lake Windermere this morning (09:22)
    30/03 15:39 Nottinghamshire : Western Osprey, Netherfield Lagoons
    one circled low then flew slowly north (15:30)
    30/03 16:02 South Yorkshire : Western Osprey, Darfield
    one flew west (15:44)
    30/03 16:03 South Yorkshire : Western Osprey, Adwick Washlands RSPB (Dearne Valley)
    one flew over
    30/03 17:10 Ayrshire : Western Osprey, Loch Doon
    one opposite Roundhouse (17:05)
    30/03 17:18 Hampshire : Western Osprey, Farlington Marshes HWT
    one flew SSW carrying a fish (12:30)
    30/03 17:28 North Yorkshire : Western Osprey, York
    one flew west over Holgate
    30/03 17:28 Dorset : Western Osprey, Lytchett Bay
    one flew north
    30/03 17:37 Hampshire : Western Osprey, Inchmery
    one flew east (13:15)
    30/03 21:04 Cheshire : Western Osprey, Parkgate Marsh/Gayton Sands RSPB
    one flew over
    30/03 21:26 Lancashire : Western Osprey, Clowbridge Reservoir
    one flew over
    30/03 21:59 Cumbria : Western Osprey, Ulverston
    one flew over Priory Crossing by Leven Estuary SD3076 (14:15)
    30/03 22:19 East Sussex : Western Osprey, Hollingbury
    one flew over Patcham
    30/03 22:20 North Yorkshire : Western Osprey, Crossgates
    one flew over to north
  • 30/03/2021 18:35 in reply to ALAN PETRIE
    15.15 Merseyside. Osprey today over Crosby heading N.E