After Tiger started the thread for tracking Rothes and Mallachie I thought that we could do with a thread for the tracking of ospreys fitted with transmitters by Roy Dennis. As the "summer" marches on it won't be long before the only way we can get our osprey fix is to follow their migrations.
This year we have the opportunity of following all three tagged birds from last year: Nimrod, Beatrice and Morven. It will be fascinating to find out if they will winter in exactly the same place as last year, and also whether they take the same route.
Added to that Roy has tagged two more adult males this year, Red/white 8T (an Abernethy bird) and Morven's other half (Logie's ex fella). I'm not certain whether Roy has any further transmitters or will attempt to catch any more adult males but, including Rothes and Mallachie, we will be able to follow at least 7 ospreys on their incredible journeys this autumn.
Hi Alan. You got here before me. I was just going to say that Roy has updated his birds. Talisman STILL in Scotland!
I'm visiting the Findhorn area next week-end and am wondering whether T will still be there when I'm there. Never remotely imagined any osprey would still be there at that time - (having written all that, Talisman is now bound to decide to leave which is fine with me as I would rather he got going than leave migration much longer!)
Unknown said: Latest position for Nimrod not too far away from Rothes. Morven making good progress and Red8T in Senegal now.
Latest position for Nimrod not too far away from Rothes. Morven making good progress and Red8T in Senegal now.
Thanks Alan, as you rightly say Nimrod is very close to Rothes (as at latest data). Just checked last year's migration and I was surprised that he stopped in this area for 10 days or so, not re-starting migration until 10th October, so maybe his and Rothes' paths may yet cross.
Wow Red 8T has been so quick in getting to Senegal and good to see Morven is making good progress as well. Will have to wait and see if Nimrod resides here for a while as he did before.
Margobird
lyndab said: Blog updated. According to Roy (no map yet) Rothie moved back south, so no trip to the Douro river. Red 8T is back on track going SSW. Close to Senegal now. Morven progressing towards Western Sahara. Talisman has definitely taken Nimrod's title of head waiter, he's still at home today.
Blog updated. According to Roy (no map yet) Rothie moved back south, so no trip to the Douro river.
Red 8T is back on track going SSW. Close to Senegal now.
Morven progressing towards Western Sahara.
Talisman has definitely taken Nimrod's title of head waiter, he's still at home today.
For someone who only joined this blog last month, you certainly know alot about these birds.
No need to send me a PM when I've blogged on here, I think that it's best if replies are out in the open - however I was surprised that you knew so much about me. I was really surprised that Judy Pee (who also only joined at the end of August) hadn't spotted your avatar, seeing as she lives in Rutland, would have thought that she'd have also known what and where it was, after all she did spot that Sandy R. Poulter was an anagram for Rutland Osprey - weird that. Do you two know each other, somehow you remind me of two other people.
Oh, sorry for including my message that way - but I haven't had a reply from Sandy or Judy.
Of course I knew what Sandy's avatar was, No I don't know the gerntleman personally,,, You remind me of a lot of people
Hi,
Thought this article was quite interesting - in Spanish, but translatable.
http://www.lne.es/oriente/2009/09/18/oriente-vuelve-villaviciosa-aguila-pescadora/809966.html
It seems the Spanish are monitoring an osprey - known to them as Ben - which they ringed in Nov 2007, and which has spent every winter since then, on a river in the Asturias (central N coast of Spain) - it has just arrived there. They are planning to fit it with a satellite tag, in order to find out which Northern European breeding location it travels to, in the summer months.
Thanks for that info Sue C. My Spanish is worse than my French but I get the drift of the article. I wonder exactly how many ospreys winter in Spain and Portugal.
Thanks for that info SueC. As Alan has said got the drift of it and perhaps it originated from Scotland. We are all so keen on any osprey stories now and it is just amazing how much you can find out from the web.
SueC this is another site that I watch regularly. Bird sightings on migration including an osprey on 5 Sept. Good photos as well.
http://boulthamere.blogspot.com/