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.
When I read about the orange ring I thought about the two translocated Rutland birds orange 09 and orange 11 . Could it possibly be one of them?
Just realised it cant be orange 11 as he is the Glaslyn male and has lost his darvic ring.Here is another one:Tuesday, January 5th, 2010Marais d'Orx (Casier Sud) / Labenne (40) 1 Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) [ Jérôme De Reinach Hirtzbach ]
Latest from Roy Dennis:
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Latest update 5th January: Honey buzzard - Rana in Cameroon & Vespa in Nigeria; Ospreys - Beatrice in Spain, Rothiemurchus and Red 8T in southern Senegal, Morven in Mauritania, Nimrod and Talisman in Guinea Bissau. Tom the golden eagle in Glen Feshie and Oran, Mull sea eagle, near Campbeltown, Kintyre."
Thanks, Alan. Will go and check it out.
Another sighting yesterday in France:Friday, January 8th, 2010UG 16 Domaine de Certes - Cabanot / Audenge (33) 1 Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) [Conseil Général Gironde Espaces Naturels ] Comment : houspillé par 2 busards des roseaux, prend de l'altitude pour consommer sa proie en vol. PN
So this osprey seems to be overwintering in the south of France? I do think that I heard somewhere than an osprey has overwintered in Brittany. I think it was in that 50 year anniversary programme, "The Bird Boys".
Just as well that no ospreys decided to overwinter in the UK this year.
Tiger Signature
Watch the news in Faune-Aquitaine in the next days. We are preparing a (short) note on the wintering of ospreys in the region. And guess what: just for your purpose we are now in the process of... translating it into English!
Olivier
Apumel said: Watch the news in Faune-Aquitaine in the next days. We are preparing a (short) note on the wintering of ospreys in the region. And guess what: just for your purpose we are now in the process of... translating it into English! Olivier
Oh thank you for that. I will look out for it. I take it you follow the fortunes of the French ospreys in the Orlean Forest?
Thanks Apumel (Olivier). That will be most interesting as I have been following your sightings through the winter so far.
Thanks to Apumel (Olivier) for the following notes on over wintering ospreys in Faune Aquitaine:
http://www.faune-aquitaine.org/pdffiles/news/databalbuhiv2010UK-6653.pdf