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.
Unknown said: Latest from Roy Dennis: "Latest update (13th): Talisman in southern Mauritania: Rothiemurchus still in Portugal. Red 8T in southern Senegal, Morven in Mauritania and Nimrod in Guinea Bissau"
Latest from Roy Dennis:
"Latest update (13th): Talisman in southern Mauritania: Rothiemurchus still in Portugal. Red 8T in southern Senegal, Morven in Mauritania and Nimrod in Guinea Bissau"
Thanks Alan. Looking forward to the maps being updated on the individual pages, especially Nimrod's and Talisman's.
Jukka position as at 19:00 on 10.10.09 has been updated. The latest info from the site was difficult to translate but from what I could gather Jukka is now heading for the Italian coast.
HI Alan......Jukka 13th Oct....Babelfish translation for you!
Today we entered the information package was not a single GPS time series from 11 to 13.10. Instead of the traditional Doppler techniques based on inaccurate (Argos class A) positioning, according to Jukka at 02:47 would have been above the Ionian Sea 36 km of the Italian coast Hopefully, the next data package contains accurate information about a possible yömuutosta* Jukka!
* from night migration
ChloeB & Tiger's Osprey Data Site
Sat track schedule Spring 2014
LG 7 days; RW & SWT nil; LDOP varies
Maps have been updated on Roy's site. Just checking them out now.
jsb : Thanks for that. I used the Google translator and it was marginally worse than Yahoo. Still not sure exactly what they mean though. Seems like Jukka is over the Ionian Sea on the way to Italy.
Hi all! There has been some troubles with Jukka`s tracking device. But the birds seems to be fine. I am not very worried about his migration, `couse he has done it at least twice before. I only worry, if he takes the Italy-Malta route.... In 2002 satelliteosprey Mirja headed SE to Greece from that position where Jukka was according to the latest "forsure" data. But one can only wait the updates. BTW you can ask me about the trenslation problems for odd words and I can try to translate them (here or in the weeklychat page)
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Hi,
A summary of the update from Roy Dennis.
The adult ospreys he tagged in 2008 are all now back at the exact same wintering sites they used last year - Nimrod in mainland Guinea Bissau, Beatrice in southern Spain, Morven on the coast of Mauritania. (I know birds don't get bored, but I can't imagine why Morven chose that site - spending half the year roosting out in the desert with only scrubby bushes for cover, just sounds grim).
Of the newly-tagged birds, Red 8T is settled in southern Senegal at what is presumably his established wintering site. Talisman is still on the move, now near the Mauritania-Senegal border. Rothiemurchus still isn't budging from the area E of Arouca in Portugal. I've googled some info about that river which I'll put up shortly.
This is what I've found out about Rothiemurchus' area - I started off by zooming in and looking at the pictures on Panoramio, to find out the name of the river.
It's the Rio Paiva, a tributary of the Douro, and has the reputation of being one of the cleanest rivers in Europe, and is also a spawning site for trout. Here's a Youtube film I found - I don't much like the background music for this one, Johnny Cash I think. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-xFj5dx5VA
The video was made by a local campaign group who are fighting against various threats to the river, including pollution, white water rafting and canyoning, logging, the introduction of non-native trees, and bids to build hydro electric dams, and syphon off the water for use on the coast. This is their blog (I recommend the translation tool in Google toolbar) : http://www.sosriopaiva.blogspot.com/
So, Rothiemurcus has chosen an area which, for Southern Europe, looks as much like Strathspey as possible. Will be interested to see if he stays, or moves.
Thanks for that Sue C. It certainly does look very much like Strathspey and Rothiemurchus should be quite at home there. Maybe it is just a stopover. Time will tell.
Really good news about all Roys other birds too.
Thanks very much auntie and Sue C. Very interesting and thanks for the research.