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.
TerryM will do my best to help. If you get Yahoo Babelfish up on screen, copy the address bar at the very top on the page you want to translate and then go to Babelfish and you will see where it has to go. Knock out the htpp as you will have copied this already. Insert the web address into the space provided. Then copy the text that you want translated into the appropriate text box. It will then ask what language you require e.g Finnish to English and press translate. Hope this is of help I am not too good at explaining things on the PC. My PC automattically asks me do I want to translate via a message near the top of the screen Perhaps you do not get this but I hope my explanation will help.
Margobird
Thanks Auntie. When I initiate GE from the finnish site, the tracking for Jukka is already there so I can compare it to the Scottish ospreys Rothes and Mallachie and Roy Dennis birds which I have placemarked as they go.
Thanks, very clear instructions, I will check it later after I have looked to see if mine asks me! (What a sensible PC you have!) Not quite as handy as having the whole site translated, though.
Terry in Cumbria
Hi Auntie, thanks for telling us about Jukka!
Terry M and others, here goes with Babelfish. I made it a Firefox add on, highlighted the Finnish and right cliched to select 'translate' have in first selected ...target finnish to english. Also have some brilliant photos of Jukka, see next post for link.
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Vielä 24.9. Still 24.9. kello 09 paikallista aikaa Jukka oli kotivesillään Mallasselällä. at 09 local time, Jukka was home waters Saariselkä malt. Samana päivänä ei yllättäen tullutkaan muita paikannuksia valoisana aikana, vaikka juuri edellä on kerrottu lähettimen uskomattoman luotettavasta toiminnasta! Illalla kello 21 Jukka oli joka tapauksessa Pohjois-Virossa noin 17 km lounaaseen Rakveren kaupungista (paikannukset P2-P4). On the same day does not suddenly become any other sightings during daylight, although it is described above the transmitter incredibly reliable operation! In the evening, at 21 Jukka was a case in Northern Estonia some 17 km southwest of the town of Rakvere (positionings P2-P4). Seuraavanakaan päivänä (25.9.) valoisan ajan paikannukset eivät onnistuneet. Akaan the next day (25.9.) Positionings daylight hours did not succeed. Vasta puolenyön aikaan Jukka löytyi Liettuasta, Ingalinan ydinvoimalasta 24 km länsilounaaseen (P5-P8). Until midnight Jukka found in Lithuania, Ignalina nuclear power plant 24 km west-southwest (P5-P8). Matkattuaan (P9-P10) 100 km Jukka vietti yönsä (26.–27.9.) edelleen Liettuassa, Vilnasta 35 km eteläkaakkoon sijaitsevalla alueella (P11-P16). Traveling (P9-P10) 100 km Jukka spent the night (from 26 to 27.9.) Continues in Lithuania, Vilnius 35 km southeast of the southern area within a region (P11-P16).
Lähettimen vajaatoiminta jatkui myös 27.9., jolloin ei saatu yhtään havaintoa kello 9 jälkeen, ja 28.9., jolloin ensimmäinen havainto saatiin vasta puoliltaöin. Tuolloin Jukka oli yöpuulla Valko-Venäjällä noin 193 km Minskistä länsilounaaseen. Transmitter failure continued for the 27.9. When no observation was received after the 9 o'clock, and 28.9., When the first observation was only midnight. At that time, Jukka was yöpuulla Belarus, about 193 km
west southwest of Minsk. (P18-P19). (P18-P19).
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The second link above, which I clicked 20 minutes ago in finnish, puts a lot of dots on Google in Finland, which is not so interesting. As I say it was a while ago, but I think it is the same link.
ChloeB & Tiger's Osprey Data Site
Sat track schedule Spring 2014
LG 7 days; RW & SWT nil; LDOP varies
Jukka's Gallery.....100 photos......please note that they are subject to copyright. They are sensational and I have only had time to look at a few of them so far.
http://www.dataeura.fi/kuvia/saaksi/Jukka/index.html
Thanks Jsb. We really have hit on a goldmine of osprey photos with Jukka.
FAB
Alan, On GE I mentioned above the dots, after reloading the kml file I now have an orange line ending with point 19 which is 28 Km south west (approx) from Hrodna, Belarus. Is that what you have?
jsb, Yes that is Jukka s track up to 28th September.
Roy's migration pages updated
2nd October
Nimrod was just SE of Seville, Spain early this morning, so should get across to Africa today
Talisman still living at the Reservoir do Roxo 18 kilometres SW of Beja in Portugal and last night roosted about 5 kilometres away in cork oak or big olive tree. Weather today, partly cloudy and sunny, with light west wind. Seems to be on a stopover so may leave soon or spend a couple weeks here.
Rothiemurchus is still living in the mountain rivers NW of Arouca in Portugal
Morven is still at the same wintering site on Mauritanian coast just south of Nouadhibou in northern Mauritania, as last winter
Beatrice has remained at wintering site on River Guadiaro
Red 8T looks as though he is still wintering in southern Senegal near Ziguinchor
The only source of knowledge is experience. Albert Einstein
jsb they certainly are sensational, have only looked at a few but this will keep me happy for a few hours, can never get enough of ospreys.