I was talking to a long standing member of this group and they remarked that I did not post here much but I still know what is going on. Well i still read a lot of the post and this is still one of the best sources of osprey history.
For the record I have been a member of this group since it opened on 21 July 2009. That is over fourteen years.
So how long have you been here and what have ospreys done for you?
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SheilaFE said:I remember the name 'Wotadin'. Sadly I can't find any reference in my files. Perhaps I never noted the nickname??!! Nor can I remember the nickname we gave to the sibling. Sad!
wotadin features in this thread
I think it was chocoholix who first named Wotadin. 26 May 2013. Scroll to bottom of first page
2013 photos & vids here
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WendyBartter said:was it our Scylla who coined that phrase? Think Moffer was involved too?
Not me, for sure. Moffer created Moffalot - I think the hatch may have been on her birthday ???
EDIT - forgot this - the times way-back-when are way out!
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I've been searching. Thank you Tiger. f2013 was a tense season when Odin was late, Blue XD arrived. EJ laid two eggs that Odin rejected. Two further eggs were laid which Odin accepted, two chicks hatched and survived. Jen and Richard attended the ringing.
Chick 1: Breagha (Moffalot) Blue CF4(13)m
Chick 2: Oighrig (Wotadin) Blue CF5(13)m
Oighrig died in Senegal in January 2014
Breagha also migrated to Senegal and started his northward journey in 2015. After a few hiccups he safely got back to his southward stop-over where he spent a month on the Gironde, before his tag stopped sending info. After a period of non-intervention by the powers that be, Noisette, who lives in France, went in search of him.
LG published a Diary item here, which suggests Breagha's body might have been scavenged by a fox. The tag was found, and a few feathers, but no body which would have given proof of shooting or otherwise.
13 October 2015 Noisette posted a thread on her search. I tried to post it, but the system played up. I hope it works this time.
I think Millicent, Millie, Blue AN8(14) f also went missing in February 2015, presumed dead, in Guinea.
scylla said:Moffer created Moffalot - I think the hatch may have been on her birthday ???
Yeah, it was. Moffalot was chick 2.
Our herring gulls are red listed birds. Think about that the next time you hear some flaming idiot calling for a cull of them.
Thanks for the conf, Clare
SheilaFE said:13 October 2015 Noisette posted a thread on her search.
The link works fine - thank you, Sheila.
Uppermost in my mind is the lack of "official" appreciation for Noisette's voluntary efforts, at least until she came up with results.
Unknown said:I think it was chocoholix who first named Wotadin. 26 May 2013. Scroll to bottom of first page
Thanks Korky
It most certainly was choco, and the thread makes interesting reading again.