I am not sure if we should have separate threads for Rothes and Mallachie. If people feel we should the best start them right away.
The first data has been published on Google Earth and immediately it is amazing how much further Rothes has flown that Mallachie.
Tiger Signature
I wonder if she will veer east again over RW or carry on straight down the middle?
ChloeB & Tiger's Osprey Data
How are you taking the screen shots ChloeB?
Great news that Mallachie at the moment is following a route where she can fish. Hopefully she is fattening herself up for her journey and at least the fish she catches are hers and no danger of someone else pinching it.
Margobird
Chloe, great maps, thank you. To 'see' Mallachie's journey laid out like that is fascinating. And very informative.
Does anyone think it's possible for an Osprey to see both East and West coast of the UK at the same time at the 'general' (whatever that means, sorry, I've no idea) altitude they fly at?
Unknown said: How are you taking the screen shots ChloeB?
Simply by pressing the Print Screen button on my keyboard Sue. This copies to the clipboard and you can then paste it into whatever image editing programme you favour for cropping and resizing. I tend to use PhotoFiltre myself but you can use Paint, Paint Shop Pro etc
Unknown said: Does anyone think it's possible for an Osprey to see both East and West coast of the UK at the same time at the 'general' (whatever that means, sorry, I've no idea) altitude they fly at?
I imagine their altitude must vary considerably according to the terrain they are flying over Cirrus. Roy Dennis has been quoted as saying... "generally quite low - 100metres to 500metres above ground level"....though I understand they can reach several thousand feet when necessary.
Altitude and speed is often included in Roy's tracking reports and in his latest report on Beatrice she had soared as high as 1899 metres (6229 feet) at one point.
Just thinking of number of times flown up north or up and over Atlantic and don't think I've ever seen both coastlines at once - probably due to curvature - not sure - and that's at 25,000+ ft.
Welcome back Chloe. I for one have missed your wonderful digital media skills.
The only source of knowledge is experience. Albert Einstein
Thanks for great maps & info, Chloe.