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*
EA37069 said:Confirmed as Blue 35!
Oh that's brilliant news! Thanks so much EA37069 :)
Twitter post
31 March
Poor little YW was bullied mercilessly:
But he carried on regardless:
Blue35 came home in the afternoon, as already reported, and YW brought her a very fine FISH!
After that YW was very obviously delighted with his world, helicoptering and nestorising energetically.
IMAGICAT
01 April
They were on the nest pre-daycam, a bit later it looks as tho a piece of fish was brought:
Excellent work Scylla. Thank you.
I've struggled here, don't know why I'm bothering really but, such as it is ......
YW needs to practise before 35 will be pleased:
02 April
An Osprey had to defend the nest 3 times during the hour following 00:35. I have spent ages checking the 360 cam but can't see any sign of intruder.
This morning they arrived almost together and got down to practising mating and looking cool:
Lovely capture in the frame Scylla, thank you. Well caught
scylla said:An Osprey had to defend the nest 3 times during the hour following 00:35
And again later! I cannot see any sign of an intruder :(((
Pesky corvid still peskying:
Quite a busy day on the nest (samples):
I made a stoopid mistake and went thru Cam1 instead of the much better Cam2, duh!
She and I both thought this should be a fish...
But it was "only" a mating visit - I'm showing his wings, just because ;)
I didn't find a fish till supper time, that's not to say there wasn't one:
Great action shots Scylla,thank you for each and every one
04 April
Shooing off that invisible intruder, didn't stay:
Back later:
Everything seemsto be going to plan - here was 35 flying off with her fish supper:
05 April
Arrival: