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Osprey Sightings 2021

ALAN PETRIE
01/01/2021 20:21

Overwintering osprey at Urdaibai marshes this evening

  • 07/05/2021 08:57

    07/05 07:15 Northamptonshire : Western Osprey, Earls Barton
    one flew west over A45 between Earls Barton and Ecton (07:13)
    07/05 08:24 Northamptonshire : Western Osprey, Hollowell Reservoir
    one again

    09:49 07/05 Western Osprey Derbyshire Carr Vale NR 09:15
    one flew north; also 2 Whimbrel between 08:15 and 08:25 then flew low north-west
    09:49 07/05 Western Osprey Derbyshire Staveley 09:25
    one flew north
    07/05 15:07 Norfolk : Western Osprey, Felbrigg Hall NT
    one over lake (14:54)
    07/05 15:16 North Yorkshire : Western Osprey, Wheldrake Ings YWT
    one flew over this morning
    07/05 15:17 Norfolk : Western Osprey, Felbrigg Hall NT
    still over lake until 15:00 then flew east (15:00) [-ve]
    07/05 15:55 Kent : Western Osprey, Deal
    one flew north (15:45)
    07/05 16:53 Oxfordshire : Western Osprey, Churchill
    one flew north-west over Sarsgrove (11:00)
    07/05 16:57 Carmarthen : Western Osprey, Kidwelly
    one flew south-west over Kidwelly Marsh towards Burry Port (16:55)
    07/05 17:15 Norfolk : Western Osprey, Ludham Bridge
    one flew west over St Benet's Abbey (17:10)
    07/05 17:56 West Yorkshire : Western Osprey, High Ackworth
    one drifted north-east mobbed by Carrion Crow (17:51)
    07/05 20:47 Cornwall : Western Osprey, Bude
    one flew high east (09:15)
    07/05 21:41 Herefordshire : Western Osprey, Bradnor Hill
    one flew north-west towards conifer plantation (20:00)
  • 08/05/2021 12:56

    08/05 08:44 Warwickshire : Western Osprey, Earlswood Lakes
    one at Windmill Pool (06:45)
    08/05 10:00 Orkney : Western Osprey, Loch of Harray, Mainland
    one by roadside near Ring of Brodgar

    14:38 08/05 Western Osprey Nottinghamshire Kilvington 14:20
    one at Kilvington Lakes
    16:08 08/05 Western Osprey AntrimTorr Head
    one flew in off the sea
    16:11 08/05 Western Osprey Devon Lundy 13:07
    one flew low past the Terrace
    08/05 18:30 East Yorkshire : Western Osprey, Hornsea Mere
    one flew north-east over Swan Island (17:50)
    08/05 19:20 West Yorkshire : Western Osprey, Wintersett Reservoir
    one flew north (16:40)
    08/05 21:11 Bedfordshire : Western Osprey, Begwary Brook NR
    one over northern pit at Black Cat GP's this evening; also Sanderling still
  • 09/05/2021 08:55

    09/05 07:12 Lancashire : Western Osprey, Marshside RSPB
    one flew east over Hesketh Golf Club (07:05)
    09/05 07:23 East Yorkshire : Western Osprey, Hornsea Mere
    one flew east (07:02)
    09/05 07:54 Northamptonshire : Western Osprey, Thrapston GPs
    one on pylon at south end of Elinor Trout Lake
    09/05 08:35 Norfolk : Western Osprey, Heigham Sound
    one flew east

    09:58 09/05 Western Osprey Nottinghamshire Idle Washlands 09:45
    one flew south-west over Slaynes Lane
    10:09 09/05 Western Osprey Anglesey Maltreath Marsh
    one on post this morning
    10:57 09/05 Western Osprey Shropshire Venus Pool NR 10:45
    one fishing again
    11:03 09/05 Western Osprey Norfolk Dersingham Bog NNR 10:00
    one flew low east
    11:08 09/05 Western Osprey Staffordshire Cuckoo Bank
    one flew west
    11:25 09/05 Western Osprey Staffordshire Cannock 11:20
    one flew west over A5
    11:37 09/05 Western Osprey North Yorkshire Long Nab, Burniston 11:35
    one flew north-west inland of observatory
    11:54 09/05 Western Osprey Hampshire Farlington Marshes HWT 10:55
    one flew south over east side of harbour
    12:00 09/05 Western Osprey Kent Kingsdown 11:53
    one flew low north over golf course
    13:20 09/05 Western Osprey Kent Sandwich Bay 12:17
    one flew north
    13:34 09/05 Western Osprey Nottinghamshire Idle Valley NR13:34
    one at Belmoor Lake
    14:47 09/05 Western Osprey Kent Deal 14:43
    one flew north
    14:58 09/05 Western Osprey Durham Hedworth 14:55
    one flew north-west
    09/05 16:48 West Yorkshire : Western Osprey, Horbury
    one flew along Calder and Hebble Navigation past Navigation Inn (15:00)
    09/05 17:08 Devon : Western Osprey, Berry Head
    one flew in off the sea
    09/05 18:08 North Yorkshire : Western Osprey, Leighton Reservoir
    one caught a fish then flew west (12:00)
    09/05 18:18 North Yorkshire : Western Osprey, Robin Hood's Bay
    one flew north past Ness Point (18:00)
    09/05 18:51 Devon : Western Osprey, Braunton
    one flew over (12:45)
    09/05 21:16 North Yorkshire : Western Osprey, Hawsker Bottoms
    one flew over
  • 10/05/2021 09:39

    10/05 07:18 Lincolnshire : Western Osprey, Far Ings NR
    one yesterday; also 3 Eurasian Spoonbills flew over in morning
    10/05 08:31 Northamptonshire : Western Osprey, Pitsford Reservoir
    one north of causeway

    This is rather concerning
    09:10 10/05 Western Osprey West Yorkshire Horbury 07:00
    one reported roosting by canal; viewed from footpath by Navigation pub, Calder Grove
    12:50 10/05 Western Osprey West Yorkshire Horbury
    individual by canal taken into care
    10/05 14:41 Kent : Western Osprey, Stodmarsh NNR
    one to west over Collards Lake
    10/05 18:08 South Yorkshire : Western Osprey, Rawmarsh
    one flew north
  • 11/05/2021 08:40

    11/05 07:15 Northamptonshire : Western Osprey, Hollowell Reservoir
    one briefly

    11/05 08:13 Shropshire : Western Osprey, Wellington
    two flew north-east over Dothill LNR (07:25)
    10:04 11/05 Western Osprey West Yorkshire Anglers CP 09:40
    one circled over and flew north-west
    10:29 11/05 Western Osprey Cambridgeshire Fen Drayton Lakes RSPB
    one flew east
    11:41 11/05 Western Osprey West Yorkshire Fairburn Ings RSPB
    one flew east over visitor centre
    12:01 11/05 Western Osprey East Yorkshire North Cave Wetlands YWT 11:43
    one drifted high to south-west
    14:05 11/05 Western Osprey North Yorkshire Wykeham Forest 13:58
    one flew west at raptor viewpoint; from A170 at Wykeham take minor road north to Highwood Brow for 6.4km to T-junction then left for 500m to car park at SE936887
    14:46 11/05 Western Osprey Lancashire Formby 14:35
    one flew south-west
    18:44 11/05 Western Osprey Lancashire Formby 14:35
    one flew south-west over Ravenmeols
  • 12/05/2021 11:32

    11:15 12/05 Western Osprey Northamptonshire Titchmarsh NR
    one

    12/05 15:24 Norfolk : Western Osprey, Thompson Water
    one briefly (14:30)
    12/05 16:22 Shetland : Western Osprey, Sand Water, Mainland
    one fishing (16:22)
    12/05 17:25 Lothian : Western Osprey, Dunbar
    one flew north-west past harbour (16:05)
    12/05 17:55 Shetland : Western Osprey, Sand Water, Mainland
    one still (17:54)
    12/05 18:24 North Yorkshire : Western Osprey, Nosterfield Quarry
    one at Flask Lake
  • 13/05/2021 09:14

    13/05 09:06 Lancashire : Western Osprey, Heysham
    one flew north (08:30)

    11:43 13/05 Western Osprey Worcestershire Grimley 11:25
    one over Church Farm Pits
    12:59 13/05 Western Osprey Gloucestershire Slimbridge WWT
    one flew over towards Purton early afternoon
    13:33 13/05 Western Osprey Shetland Sand Water, Mainland
    one still
    13:49 13/05 Western Osprey Essex Gunners Park 12/05
    one flew over yesterday
    16:17 13/05 Western Osprey Suffolk Martlesham Creek 11/05
    one late Tuesday morning
    16:21 13/05 Western Osprey Hampshire Normandy Marsh 10:00
    one flew east
    17:04 13/05 Western Osprey East Yorkshire Tophill Low NR
    one flew north over D Reservoir
    18:11 13/05 Western Osprey Cornwall Dinham Flats
    one on Camel Estuary this evening
    18:15 13/05 Western Osprey Gwent Monmouth 17:55
    one at viaduct for second day
    18:43 13/05 Western Osprey Cornwall Walmsley Sanctuary (MEMBERS ONLY)
    one flew over this afternoon
    13/05 20:58 Cornwall : Western Osprey, Devoran
    one
  • 14/05/2021 09:04

    14/05 06:58 Essex : Western Osprey, Hanningfield Reservoir
    one flew over (06:25)

    10:14 14/05 Western Osprey Worcestershire Clifton Pits 09:50
    one flew north over North Pit
    10:16 14/05 Western Osprey Shetland Sand Water, Mainland
    one in south-west corner
    14/05 14:21 East Yorkshire : Western Osprey, Tophill Low NR
    one over north end between 12:30 and 13:15 when it flew north
    14/05 14:47 Cheshire : Western Osprey, Ince Marshes
    one flew over pig farm mid-afternoon (14:45)
    14/05 16:21 Londonderry : Western Osprey, Lough Beg
    one still
    14/05 17:56 Wexford : Western Osprey, Tacumshin
    one drifted high north; also Short-eared Owl (16:20)
    14/05 18:49 Kent : Western Osprey, Oare Marshes NR
    one flew east over Oare Estuary towards Whitstable (18:38)
    14/05 19:44 Sligo : Western Osprey, Rathlee
    one photographed at Pollaheeney today
  • 15/05/2021 08:50

    15/05 08:42 Leicestershire and Rutland : Western Osprey, Stanford Reservoir (PERMIT ONLY)
    one flew over yesterday (14/05 12:40)

    15/05 08:46 Gloucestershire : Western Osprey, Lechlade-on-Thames
    one reported yesterday [R]
    15/05 10:37 Norfolk : Western Osprey, Blofield Heath
    one flew north over A47 towards Hemblington Church
    15/05 15:56 Derbyshire : Western Osprey, Ogston Reservoir
    one this morning (10:56)
    15/05 16:20 Suffolk : Western Osprey, Iken
    one flew past Iken Cliff car park towards Aldeburgh
    15/05 17:25 Herefordshire : Western Osprey, Brobury
    one flew downstream along River Wye (14:45)
  • 16/05/2021 09:57

    16/05 09:17 Northumberland : Western Osprey, Budle Bay
    one (09:17)

    11:19 16/05 Western Osprey Cheshire Mollington 11:19
    one flew high west
    11:42 16/05 Western Osprey Cumbria Longtown 16:16 15/05
    one fishing in River Esk briefly yesterday then flew north
    12:16 16/05 Western Osprey Norfolk Hunstanton
    one flew south
    12:17 16/05 Western Osprey Shetland Catfirth, Mainland 12:13
    one circled high over Flamister
    16:00 16/05 Western Osprey Gloucestershire Northwick Warth 15:47
    one at Pilning Wetlands
    16:01 16/05 Western Osprey Norfolk Norwich 15:00
    probable flew high to south
    16:38 16/05 Western Osprey Greater Manchester Stretford 16:37
    one flew north
    19:57 16/05 Western Osprey Wexford Wexford town 10:30
    one opposite Irish National Heritage Park then flew upriver