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.
Lynda: Just to let you know:
I joined this group on August 1st but I have followed LG since we got streaming webcam. I have also been following the RW project since its' inception. I doubt if I "know" that much at all about ospreys, but they fascinate me sufficiently to study them as much as I can, which, I guess, is why all of us are here in the first place.
I can assure you that I know absolutely nothing about you other than that which is in the media: namely that you were on national prime-time television talking about RW on Countryfile and that you write a diary on the RW website.
I did not post my reply to you on your home page to be secretive: messages on home pages are open for anyone to view. There is currently no provision on this site to send private messages, which, personally, is one of its' attractions to me. I agree that we should discuss issues openly. I was merely trying to divert a non-topic conversation away from the "Tracking other UK Ospreys" thread.
I haven't a Scooby Doo who Judy P is and, not living in Rutland, our paths have probably not crossed :-))
Hope this clarifies things!
Talisman is moving!
my photos in flickr
Thanks Auntie I have just checked Roy Dennis site and added new placemarks on GE for all the tagged birds.
Thanks auntie I am wishing him well for a safe journey. Perhaps he has got fed up with the cooler weather.
Margobird
thanks as well from me Auntie
The only source of knowledge is experience. Albert Einstein
It looks as if Red 8T has made it to his wintering ground in southern Senegal.
Morven probably made it too to Mauritanian coast.
Talisman passing through Northamptonshire.
I wonder who this fella is....
http://twitpic.com/iv5u0
Make the most of today because, unlike Sky+, there isn't a rewind button.
Have just looked at Roy Dennis' site and Talisman has made good progress as he is now in Spain.
All,
I've "bumped" the report about the problems with the format of this thread, in the Technical Problems area. Hope it gets sorted out soon!
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That's strange - it went over to a new page, and seems to have sorted itself out!