THIS THREAD IS FOR THE SCREENSHOTS & INFO FROM FOULSHAW MOSS WEBCAM AND ANY UPDATES FROM ROUDSEA OSPREY PROJECT/ESTHWAITE OSPREY SAFARI.
Link to 2022 season's thread
Foulshaw Moss 2022: Three chicks were raised successfully - Blue 479, a female weighing 1.8kg, Blue 480, a male weighing 1.7kg, and Blue 481, a male weighing 1.4kg (info taken from CWT's ringing blog)
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Esthwaite 2022: Adults, 7A(14) ('son' of Blue 35 & White YW) and an unringed female, raised a sole surviving female chick (from 3 eggs laid) who was ringed Blue 488, weighing 1.701kg. Link to Osprey Safari Fb page (please scroll down the Fb site for last season's updates).
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Link to the CWT/Foulshaw Moss Ospreys webcam page
Female Blue 35 - Hatched 2010 - Kielder 1 nest
Male White YW - Hatched 2008 - Bassenthwaite
Last year, Female Blue 35 arrived first, at 1pm on 30 March 2022, followed by the male White YW at around 7.30pm that evening (in 2021 they both returned 26 March).
Hoping for their safe, spring migrations and another another successful season.
*In special memory of Starling (RIP) and Patily (RIP) who both loved watching and reporting on the FM nest*
Sandra P said:Love the names of the eggs!
Yes, the volunteer who does the Twitter has a good sense of humour!
A returnee youngster - Twitter earlier today
05 May evening - comfy-looking couple:
IMAGICAT
What a beautiful portrait of our pair in Cumbria - so professionally framed .Just perfect. Thank you Scylla
Although, it irritates me that these 'experts' keep harping on about Ospreys not having memories. I once specifically tested Odin'ts memory after the terrible year when his only likely chick was siblicided by EJ's former mate's eldest chick because of the most awful fishing weather. He most certainly remembered that and worked his butt off to feed his family through horrendous rain the following year which was even remarked upon by LG Staff.
Plus, when I used to watch Sky's white tailed eagles avidly , the RSPB officer (just misplaced his name - a wonderful guy) wrote a superlative Blog about a meet up of the parent birds (which I think were Sky and Fresia) and several of their prodigy going back several years , on a beach on Sky. They hung around for a very long time waiting for the one family member that never arrived. Of course birds have memories. Maybe not as long a ours but who knows. Elephants remember forever !
07 May
A very fresh-looking flounder for Blue35's supper:
Latest tweets from Foulshaw.
Yesterday -
and this morning
16 May
Blue35 returned from her early break and ate a scrap she picked up from the nest:
These 2 look very settled and happy but I can't find any fish. I got this, which I said was B35 bringing in a flounder @ 15:19 but my eyes let me down, it was 15:49:
But on cam#1 she brought in a piece of bark @ 15:47. So I've given up for today !!!
Richard B
Unknown said:First hatch today about 1212
Ohhhh, if only I'd checked here first !!!
This merely shows that there's been a hatch.
A token for the evening - YW brought a good flounder but 35 didn't get up for it so he flew off with it and it didn't come back:
23 May
04:46 YW brought the flounder back for breakfast, 35 flew out to the dead tree, YW approached the osplet as if he'd like to feed it, 35 rushed back (irresponsible interpretation, she probably was coming back anyway). YW left, the fish is waiting: