NEWS FROM OTHER NESTS - 2022

At last! @TweedOspreys #Glen #Blue708 is on the move! Left his nest in #Peebles and is in #Wales, see photos. #Kirk #Blue707 tracker shows still in #Ireland, and #Tweed #Blue706 is still in #Portugal. #FOTO #TogetherWeFly #FlightOfTheOsprey #Ospreys #birds #BirdsSeenIn2022

Btw. The tweet suggested to me Kirk was tracked again,but still in Ireland. But the transmitter isn’t working yet so he could actually be anywhere

Bart molenaar said:

At last! @TweedOspreys #Glen #Blue708 is on the move! Left his nest in #Peebles and is in #Wales,

Super news, BART!... on the strength of which I'm going to switch off the downloader, as the stream is behaving badly again today and it's stressful!

If anyone is interested. Just found this site 

It’s a ‘real-time’, but also historic visual representation of finish satellite tracked ospreys (and other birds) even animation so you can follow their path.

Wished we had something like this for ‘our’ birdies

Like this

Bart molenaar said:

finish satellite tracked ospreys

Did a spell-checker change that from Finnish?

Bart molenaar said:

Wished we had something like this for ‘our’ birdies

Hear, hear !!!  And if we did, I'm sure you would have found it - but this is the first year for some time that there has been any publicity about trackers - I think I mentioned that they seemed to stop it due to expense ???

Alyth

After all that bad weather, what a beautiful morning:

It clouded over completely during the afternoon and cleared again for the evening.

No Oxpreys seen.  Here endeth coverage for 2022 - unless...

Tweed Valley Ospreys update 14th September:

Glen 708 has had a miraculous escape - he found a boat after flying 250 miles from Cornwall out over the Atlantic!

He set off at 10.30 from Cornwall on the 12th, and flew 250 miles before landing on the boat at about 21.30, and was carried 90 miles on the boat. He left the boat next morning about 9am and flew to the rocky outcrop, arriving at 18.00 on the 13th. Simply amazing. He is one very lucky juvenile..

Tweed Valley Ospreys update 2:

Sadly Kirk 707 is presumed perished. His tracker hasn't updated since 5th September although the battery shows 100% power.

But Tweed 706 is having fun in the Aveiro lagoon area of Portugal, has been there for a while now, could potentially over-winter there.

Map as at 14.00 today

Tweed - gold

Kirk - blue

Glen - pink

Tweed Valley Ospreys

Thank goodness Glen found that ship to rest on and glad to hear he’s back on land again.

So sad about Kirk. I was a bit nervous for him when I heard he was travelling in a westerly direction and then hanging about a wind farm - not a great location for ospreys. Poor wee soul. Will they try and find him?

There are still some questions with no answers.
As is told in the interview by Sasha with Diane https://youtu.be/MVRMoBqoF5M the gps device is still saying it’s has a full battery, it’s just not transmitting gps data. Experts on the gps system are getting involved to explain it. Also.. if they still see the battery status he’s still in range of a communication mast..
Chances are slim, but nothing certain

16th September 17.30

The mystery of the strange journey of Tweed Ospreys Glen (708) unravelled - it was two boats, Tim Mackrill was right - Sacha Dench has been in conversation with the captains after the ships were identified via the vessel finder app. Just amazing. Video just released: