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Osprey Sightings 2023

ALAN PETRIE
03/01/2023 14:17
Gironde
Monday, January 2nd, 2023
Pointe de l'Eyre / Teich (Le) (33)
1 Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
[ Frederic Dissard]
How :
posed on an orange pole in a channel. eating something he was holding in his talons.
Coastal path (Gujan side) / Teich (Le) (33)
1 Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
[ Le Teich Ornithological Reserve-Pnrlg own website: www.reserve-ornithologique-du-teich.com]
  • 15/09/2023 10:30

    15/09 09:03 Suffolk : Osprey, Shingle Street
    one flew south (08:42)
    15/09 09:04 Suffolk : Osprey, Hen Reedbed SWT
    still on post on Blyth Estuary
    15/09 10:10 Kent : Osprey, Nor Marsh and Motney Hill RSPB
    again on post at 51.3971, 0.6073 (10:04)

    15/09 11:43 Hertfordshire : Osprey, Amwell NR
    again on telegraph pole opposite viewpoint (11:31)
    15/09 12:32 Norfolk : Osprey, Buckenham Marshes RSPB
    one
    15/09 13:05 Hertfordshire : Osprey, Amwell NR
    still from viewpoint (12:53)
    15/09 13:05 East Sussex : Osprey, Rye Harbour NR
    again over Nook Drain (12:54)
    15/09 13:24 Hampshire : Osprey, North Binness Island
    again in dead tree
    15/09 14:13 Nottinghamshire : Osprey, Besthorpe NWT
    ringed individual flew down River Trent then flew south over main lake (11:03)
    15/09 14:28 Hertfordshire : Osprey, Amwell NR
    still on post from viewpoint and occasionally fishing (14:20)
    15/09 14:38 East Sussex : Osprey, Eastbourne
    one at Shinewater Park (11:30)
    15/09 14:44 Glamorgan : Osprey, East Aberthaw
    one flew east (13/09 11:36)
    15/09 15:18 South Yorkshire : Osprey, Old Moor RSPB (Dearne Valley)
    one flew over (15:13)
    15/09 15:29 Somerset & Bristol : Osprey, Chew Valley Lake
    one fishing at Heron's Green Bay this afternoon
    15/09 15:33 East Sussex : Osprey, Eastbourne
    one at Shinewater Park (11:30)
    15/09 15:33 East Sussex : Osprey, Eastbourne
    one at Shinewater Park (11:30)
    15/09 16:34 Essex : Osprey, Wallasea Island RSPB
    juvenile again hunting over Jubilee Marsh on rising tide (11:27)
    15/09 17:34 Cambridgeshire : Osprey, Huntingdon
    one flew low south-east over ring road (16:55)
    15/09 17:52 Hampshire : Osprey, North Binness Island
    two again on posts this afternoon
    15/09 18:21 Hertfordshire : Osprey, Amwell NR
    still on post at Great Hardmead Lake from viewpoint (17:57)
    15/09 18:45 Derbyshire : Osprey, Ogston Reservoir
    one
    15/09 18:50 Anglesey : Osprey, Aberffraw
    one flew north-east (18:45)
    15/09 19:11 Suffolk : Osprey, Felixstowe Ferry
    one between Felixstowe Ferry and King's Fleet early afternoon
    15/09 19:30 Hampshire : Osprey, Emsworth Harbour
    one on post this morning
    15/09 21:09 Powys : Osprey, Llangorse Lake
    one fishing (15:00)
    15/09 21:27 Hampshire : Osprey, Keyhaven Marshes
    one flew north-east over Fishtail Lagoon (11:45)
    15/09 21:47 Cornwall : Osprey, Helford
    one flew over Frenchman's Creek
  • 16/09/2023 10:41

    16/09 07:31 Suffolk : Osprey, Orford Ness
    two yesterday
    16/09 07:50 Carmarthen : Osprey, Kidwelly
    one on post at Banc-y-Lord

    16/09 08:04 Hertfordshire : Osprey, Amwell NR

    still on post at Great Hardmead Lake opposite viewpoint
    16/09 08:31 West Sussex : Osprey, Fishbourne
    one flew south at Fishbourne Creek
    09:13 16/09 Osprey South Yorkshire Bolton Ings RSPB (Dearne Valley)
    07:20 one flew over
    09:33 16/09 Osprey Pembrokeshire Westfield Pill NR
    one
    09:34 16/09 Osprey Hertfordshire Amwell NR
    09:31 blue-ringed '256' still at Great Hardmead Lake opposite viewpoint
    10:10 16/09 Osprey Hertfordshire Amwell NR
    10:05 blue-ringed '256' flew off south towards Rye Meads
    10:41 16/09 Osprey Glamorgan East Aberthaw
    10:34 one flew over Aberthaw Pool
    10:46 16/09 Osprey Hertfordshire Rye Meads RSPB
    one flew south-east late morning
    10:51 16/09 Osprey Hertfordshire Amwell NR
    10:42 blue-ringed '256' again on post with fish at Great Hardmead Lake opposite viewpoint
    11:07 16/09 Osprey Kent Godmersham
    one flew east along Great Stour towards Ashford
    11:45 16/09 Osprey Hertfordshire Amwell NR
    11:40 blue-ringed '256' still on post with fish at Great Hardmead Lake opposite viewpoint
    12:24 16/09 Osprey East Yorkshire North Cave Wetlands YWT
    one flew over
    12:26 16/09 Osprey London Beddington Farmlands
    one flew over
    12:37 16/09 Osprey Cambridgeshire Bainton GPs
    11:25 one circled over then flew west towards main pit complex
    13:52 16/09 Osprey Gwynedd The Spinnies NWWT
    12:00 one circled over A55
    13:52 16/09 Osprey Hertfordshire Amwell NR
    13:43 blue-ringed '256' still on post at Great Hardmead Lake opposite viewpoint
    14:12 16/09 Osprey Devon Warleigh Point
    11:45 one caught fish then flew towards Lopwell
    14:18 16/09 Osprey East Sussex Rye Harbour NR
    14:13 again over harbour mouth then flew inland
    16:42 16/09 Osprey Hertfordshire Amwell NR
    16:39 blue-ringed '256' still at Great Hardmead Lake opposite viewpoint
    16:42 16/09 Osprey Isle of Wight Luccombe
    12:00 one flew over Luccombe Down
    16:46 16/09 Osprey Dublin Swords Estuary
    one at Broadmeadows Estuary
    16:47 16/09 Osprey East Sussex Arlington Reservoir
    one again
    16/09 17:34 Suffolk : Osprey, Snape
    two flew east along River Alde at Snape Warren
    16/09 19:25 Hertfordshire : Osprey, Amwell NR
    blue-ringed '256' still at Great Hardmead Lake then flew to roost (19:20)
    16/09 19:43 Gwent : Osprey, Llandegfedd Reservoir
    juvenile still; access via fisherman's car park
    16/09 21:33 Essex : Osprey, Ardleigh Reservoir
    juvenile perched in tree at north end
    16/09 21:53 Somerset & Bristol : Osprey, Chew Valley Lake
    still
  • 17/09/2023 10:24

    17/09 07:00 Hertfordshire : Osprey, Amwell NR
    blue-ringed '256' still at Great Hardmead Lake opposite viewpoint (06:39)
    17/09 08:31 Lancashire : Osprey, Starr Gate, Blackpool
    one flew south (08:30)
    17/09 09:08 Hampshire : Osprey, Lepe CP
    one

    17/09 09:27 East Sussex : Osprey, Arlington Reservoir
    two
    17/09 10:10 Cheshire : Osprey, Hale
    one
    17/09 11:10 Hertfordshire : Osprey, Amwell NR
    no sign between 09:00 and 11:00 (10:59) [-ve]
    17/09 11:29 Lancashire : Osprey, Crawshawbooth
    one flew south (16/09 15:50)
    17/09 11:34 Shropshire : Osprey, Bouldon
    one flew south
    17/09 11:40 Gwynedd : Osprey, Bardsey Island
    one flew south offshore
    17/09 11:44 Cambridgeshire : Osprey, Bainton GPs
    one over at Frank's Pit (52.6462, -0.3519) (11:30)
    17/09 11:45 Gloucestershire : Osprey, Charlton Kings
    one over (11:44)
    17/09 12:01 Kent : Osprey, Riverside CP
    again on post opposite Horrid Hill
    17/09 12:51 Hertfordshire : Osprey, Amwell NR
    blue-ringed '256' again at Great Hardmead Lake opposite viewpoint (12:33)
    17/09 12:51 Lancashire : Osprey, Southport
    one flew inland (12:41)
    17/09 13:34 East Sussex : Osprey, Rye Harbour NR
    still
    17/09 13:47 Shropshire : Osprey, Long Mynd
    one east over Pole Cottage (12:30)
    17/09 13:50 Nottinghamshire : Osprey, Gedling
    one drifted low over Gedling Country Park and towards Netherfield (13:35)
    17/09 14:22 Derbyshire : Osprey, Glossop
    one flew high south
    17/09 15:21 Cambridgeshire : Osprey, Bluntisham
    one at Barleycraft Lake late morning
    17/09 15:24 Derbyshire : Osprey, Ogston Reservoir
    one again (15:14)
    17/09 15:25 Northumberland : Osprey, Derwent Reservoir
    still in dead tree
    17/09 15:41 Nottinghamshire : Osprey, Idle Valley NR
    one flew east over Chainbridge Lane mid-afternoon
    16:40 17/09 Osprey Hertfordshire Amwell NR
    16:35 blue-ringed '256' still at Great Hardmead Lake opposite viewpoint
    18:00 17/09 Osprey Lancashire Blundellsands
    12:37 one flew high over the beach
    18:02 17/09 Osprey Carmarthen Laugharne
    one
    17/09 19:17 Devon : Osprey, Warleigh Point
    one circled over railway bridge then flew down River Tamar (17:00)
    17/09 19:25 Cornwall : Osprey, Helford
    one off Tremayne Quay (16:40)
    17/09 19:27 Cornwall : Osprey, Malpas
    one yesterday
    17/09 19:27 Cornwall : Osprey, Stithians Reservoir
    one (17:30)
    17/09 21:00 Devon : Osprey, Dartmouth
    one flew south
    17/09 21:35 Somerset & Bristol : Osprey, Chew Valley Lake
    two from Stratford Hide
  • 18/09/2023 10:18

    18/09 08:01 East Sussex : Osprey, Arlington Reservoir
    one again on platform
    18/09 09:04 Devon : Osprey, Lundy
    one flew south

    18/09 09:05 Hertfordshire : Osprey, Amwell NR
    blue-ringed '256' still on telegraph pole at Great Hardmead Lake (08:36)
    18/09 11:06 Hertfordshire : Osprey, Amwell NR
    blue-ringed '256' again flew south towards Rye Meads (11:00) [-ve]
    18/09 11:07 Shetland : Osprey, Quendale, Mainland
    one flew south
    18/09 11:39 East Sussex : Osprey, Arlington Reservoir
    blue-ringed individual still on platform from hide (11:33)
    18/09 12:07 Northumberland : Osprey, St Mary's Island
    one flew in off the sea then continued north (12:05)
    18/09 12:32 Northumberland : Osprey, St Mary's Island
    second bird flew in off the sea and continued north (12:30)
    18/09 13:47 Kent : Osprey, Nor Marsh and Motney Hill RSPB
    one on wooden post (13:37)
    18/09 16:27 Hampshire : Osprey, Tweseldown Hill
    one flew south-west
    18/09 16:38 Dumfries & Galloway : Osprey, Caerlaverock WWT
    one feeding on fish viewed from Saltcot Merse Observatory (14:30)
    18/09 18:06 Somerset & Bristol : Osprey, Steart WWT
    one flew north-east (18:00)
    18/09 19:37 Hertfordshire : Osprey, Amwell NR
    no further sign of blue-ringed '256' this evening [-ve]
    18/09 20:10 Derbyshire : Osprey, Ogston Reservoir
    one again
    18/09 20:11 Devon : Osprey, Stoke Gabriel
    two over mill pond
    18/09 20:14 Essex : Osprey, Foulness Island
    two on posts
    18/09 22:27 Somerset & Bristol : Osprey, Westbury-on-Trym
    one flew east
    18/09 22:44 Essex : Osprey, Ardleigh Reservoir
    juvenile again this evening
  • 19/09/2023 11:50

    19/09 08:09 Devon : Osprey, Dawlish Warren NNR
    one at The Bight
    19/09 11:20 Cornwall : Osprey, Hayle Estuary
    one from the hide (11:14)

    19/09 14:10 East Yorkshire Sculpture Parkre : Osprey, Bempton Cliffs RSPB
    one flew south-east through reserve towards Thornwick Bay then lost to view (13:04)
    19/09 14:25 North Yorkshire : Osprey, Hunmanby Gap
    one flew south (14:21)
    19/09 19:31 Devon : Osprey, Aveton Gifford
    one east of hide then flew to trees on east side but no further sign (15:00)
    19/09 19:39 Essex : Osprey, Ardleigh Reservoir
    juvenile still north of Wick Lane this evening
    19/09 21:47 Derbyshire : Osprey, Ogston Reservoir
    still
    19/09 22:00 Cornwall : Osprey, Stithians Reservoir
    again on shore from Stuart Hutchings Hide
    19/09 22:00 Devon : Osprey, Tamar Estuary
    two (15:40)
    19/09 22:02 Cornwall : Osprey, Helford
    again off Bishop's Quay
  • 19/09/2023 19:45
    Great to see Muxar back at Urdaibai again supervising the egrets going to roost
  • 20/09/2023 14:21

    10:48 20/09 Osprey Norfolk Gorleston-on-Sea
    08:09 one flew south offshore
    10:49 20/09 Osprey Suffolk Ness Point, Lowestoft
    08:30 one flew south offshore
    11:16 20/09 Osprey Cambridgeshire Fen Drayton Lakes RSPB
    10:35 juvenile fishing over Holywell Lake

    13:59 20/09 Osprey East Sussex Cuckmere Haven
    one
    16:30 20/09 Osprey Essex Wallasea Island RSPB
    juvenile again
    16:39 20/09 Osprey Essex Ardleigh Reservoir
    16:36 juvenile still north of Wick Lane
    20/09 17:47 Derbyshire : Osprey, Ogston Reservoir
    still (17:45)
    20/09 18:08 Gwynedd : Osprey, The Spinnies NWWT
    one flew over towards Llanfairfechan
    20/09 20:16 Lancashire : Osprey, Leighton Moss RSPB
    two
  • 21/09/2023 11:16

    07:01 21/09 Osprey Cambridgeshire Etton-Maxey Pits
    06:52 juvenile over fishing pits west of Woodgate Lane
    08:04 21/09 Osprey Essex Wallasea Island RSPB
    07:55 one flew south
    08:43 21/09 Osprey Somerset & Bristol Steart WWT
    08:40 one flew south-west

    08:51 21/09 Osprey Cleveland Saltholme RSPB
    08:49 one flew south over Main Lake
    09:23 21/09 Osprey Cornwall Restronguet Creek
    one again
    09:27 21/09 Osprey Northumberland Stocksfield
    one flew south-west over Mickley Grange
    09:36 21/09 Osprey Lincolnshire Freiston Shore RSPB
    09:30 one fishing near Witham Mouth
    09:51 21/09 Osprey Cambridgeshire Bainton GPs
    09:47 ringed juvenile 'PF8' again over Frank's Pit (52.6462, -0.3519)
    10:01 21/09 Osprey Essex  Ardleigh Reservoir
    juvenile still
    10:15 21/09 Osprey East Sussex Weir Wood Reservoir
    09:45 again at west end from car park
    11:20 21/09 Osprey Staffordshire Middleton Lakes RSPB
    one flew south
    12:08 21/09 Osprey Essex Wallasea Island RSPB
    12:02 one fishing over Paglesham Pool
    15:18 21/09 Osprey East Sussex Weir Wood Reservoir
    10:44 still at east end from sailing club
    15:55 21/09 Osprey Cornwall Stithians Reservoir
    15:45 again at south end
    21/09 20:03 Devon : Osprey, Seaton Marshes
    one at Black Hole Marsh; use car park at Marsh Lane east off Colyford Road
  • 22/09/2023 10:24

    09:25 22/09 Osprey Hampshire Fishlake Meadows HIWWT
    one again from roadside viewpoint (50.9981,-1.4895)
    09:52 22/09 Osprey Lancashire Leighton Moss RSPB
    08:00 one again from Causeway Hide

    10:56 22/09 Osprey Surrey Epsom Downs
    one flew east
    11:44 22/09 Osprey Devon Dawlish Warren NNR
    one
    12:30 22/09 Osprey Suffolk Boyton Marshes RSPB
    one flew south
    13:49 22/09 Osprey Lincolnshire Frampton Marsh RSPB
    13:35 one flew over towards The Wash
    14:55 22/09 Osprey Greater Manchester Audenshaw Reservoirs (permit only)
    08:30 one flew south-east
    18:10 22/09 Osprey Cambridgeshire Paxton Pits NR
    11:30 one over Heronry North Lake
    19:22 22/09 Osprey South Yorkshire Old Moor RSPB (Dearne Valley)
    11:00 one flew south-west
    22/09 22:19 Cornwall : Osprey, Wadebridge
    one over estuary (14:15)
  • 23/09/2023 12:11

    08:21 23/09 Osprey East Sussex Arlington Reservoir
    one again on post by main road near entrance
    11:01 23/09 Osprey South Yorkshire Midhope Reservoir
    10:32 one flew towards Langsett Reservoir
    11:39 23/09 Osprey Cambridgeshire Grafham Water
    11:30 one circled over west shore

    11:52 23/09 Osprey Essex Wallasea Island RSPB
    one
    12:38 23/09 Osprey Isle of Wight Thorness Bay
    09:30 one flew towards Gurnard
    14:43 23/09 Osprey Essex Foulness Island
    one
    16:21 23/09 Osprey Staffordshire King's Bromley GPs
    13:00 one flew over Manor Park Sailing Club
    18:03 23/09 Osprey Gloucestershire Frampton-on-Severn
    one at Court Lake
    18:56 23/09 Osprey Derbyshire Ogston Reservoir
    still
    23/09 20:48 West Sussex : Osprey, Warnham LNR
    again over lake
    23/09 22:15 Cornwall : Osprey, Stithians Reservoir
    two
    23/09 22:15 Cornwall : Osprey, Malpas
    two