As the season is almost upon us and this is a useful thread to have, thought I better open it.
LINK TO THE OSPREY CHAT THREAD APRIL 2020 TO END OF FEB 2021
From the above link you can find all the previous threads in the opening post.
I always associate the beginning of the Osprey Season with one Osprey, so I would like to make this post in Memory of Beatrice (Green 5B), she always kicked off the Osprey season for us as she was the first Osprey to be on the move. This is a wee 2 minute clip of when Roy Dennis goes to Andalucia to search for her. Sadly the weather was against her when she moved too early in 2016.
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EJ's Memorial Balgavies Loch Ospreys 2023
Unknown said:What can I say to all this knowledge ! ............. thank you, it's more than my memory serves
Other members' memory and research and organisation skills make me weep.
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Our herring gulls are red listed birds. Think about that the next time you hear some flaming idiot calling for a cull of them.
Kind regards, Ann
I managed to find the photo of 03(97) in the snow at Site B when he returned on 17 March 2013 on line.
I would imagine it would be one of John Wrights photo's as he took so many great photos of him, it is such a pity we cannot get access to all those blogs from back then, so much history not available now.
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Hi Mary
I checked out the old Rutland archive pages and there are quite a few pictures of 03(97) the earliest I found was 2002. As you say the photos are mainly those taken by John Wright. From the Home page, scroll down to the bottom left side and you will see a link to Previous Years back to 1999.http://www.zen88810.zen.co.uk/ROspreys%20site/index.html
Thankfully this historical site (Zen) has been kept live Jenni - I think it was created and maintained by Barry Gilpin. EDIT: Corrected to Barrie Galpin as per Mike
It is the LRWT website with all the blogs from previous years that was shut down, that the blog I was thinking of with 03 in the snow at Site B, nice to see photos of 03 on the old Zen site though. Thank you for the link again.
Trust you to find that super photo, MARY, brrrr
Thank you for the info about the archive, JANNI - I've bookmarked it and may even get around to checking it out one of these days - more likely nights
Birdies LG DU update.
Birdie's DU Summaries 2018 https://www.imagicat.com/