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.
Update on Rothie, he spent the day at Djoudj.
Thanks auntie for the link, very helpful. Hope you have felt better today.
Margobird
I understand that Simon King is in Senegal to look for ospreys which have migrated there. Cant wait for Autumnwatch on friday.
Unknown said: I understand that Simon King is in Senegal to look for ospreys which have migrated there. Cant wait for Autumnwatch on friday.
How exciting, Alan. Too much to hope one of our tagged birds will be spotted.
Latest on Rothiemurchus as at 31st October :
Stll at the Djoudj bird sanctuary in Senegal. A great place for wintering ospreys.
Unknown said: Latest on Rothiemurchus as at 31st October : Stll at the Djoudj bird sanctuary in Senegal. A great place for wintering ospreys.
Good stuff, Alan. Either Rothie or Rothes and Mallachie could decide to try a different area over the winter (as juveniles are wont to do) but I think we can safely say that all 8 tracked UK ospreys have now "made it" to their wintering grounds.
There's a long way to go, of course, but I will be raising a glass (or two) in celebration of what has been an amazing year for UK ospreys.
Neither can I, Alan. Outstanding !!! F.A.B
I'll drink to that! I'm raising my glass of lemonade now! ;-) While we're at it, could we also raise our glasses for our three special untracked Ospreys - EJ, Odin and Garten? May their journeys have been as successful as the tracked birds, and may all 'live long and prosper!'
Smiles, Jan.
Wattle15 : May the force be with them
FAB
Latest position for Jukka the Finnish osprey as at 17:00 on 31.10.2009 is still at the Lagdo Reservoir in Cameroon. Could this be his wintering destination? Incidentally Lagdo is a good place to see hippos.