I offered yesterday to start a new Topic once Bynack had fledged, but as we now have the updated Satellite Tracking page, and biography pages for Tore and Bynack, and there are some tracking results for Tore on Google Earth, I’ve gone ahead with it.
A brief introduction to the ospreys we’re tracking – first, the class of 2011.
Tore – link to her Biography
Tore is the elder of this year’s juveniles, her ring is blue/white 48. She fledged on Tuesday 12th July aged 54 days, and has started to do a little exploring.
Bynack – link to his Biography
Tore’s younger brother, ring blue/white 47. Bynack is aged 53 days today and has yet to fledge.
Edit: He has fledged, at 10.18 am today 16/7.
Rothes – link to her Biography
Rothes is the eldest of EJ and Odin’s offspring, hatched at Loch Garten in 2009. Her ring is white/black PJ. She migrated as a juvenile to Guinea-Bissau, and spent her formative months on the small island of Unhocomozinho, in the Bijagos Archipelago. Now a sub-adult, she has travelled north to Europe for the first time this summer and is currently in the Gironde estuary in SW France, where she also spent 6 weeks on her way south in 2009. So far, she has not returned to the UK.
Rothes' earlier travels were followed in this thread, now closed.
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Thanks for these links Cirrus..I'd picked up on the story but had not investigated these threads yet. It's great to see the journey split up like that with the commentary as well. Tore seems to have RSPB site tracking mechanism built in ! :-)
You're more than welcomeBoL :)
Alex Z said: A (perhaps silly?) question came to my mind, while having supper: would a young osprey on first migration fly constantly at well above 1500 ft altitude, if he/she had NOT eaten? It would seem strange to me. I would guess he/she would fly low or medium hight in order to spot promising lakes, pond etc. But what do I know of osprey instinct? But if so.... When Tore departed from the Suffolk cost she seems to have gained height very soon to nearly 900 ft. All later data points show an altitude between 1900 and 3000 ft. I know the points given by the data are only cut out moments of a more complex process, but even then: should we assume Tore has eaten before leaving Suffolk?
A (perhaps silly?) question came to my mind, while having supper:
would a young osprey on first migration fly constantly at well above 1500 ft altitude, if he/she had NOT eaten? It would seem strange to me. I would guess he/she would fly low or medium hight in order to spot promising lakes, pond etc. But what do I know of osprey instinct?
But if so....
When Tore departed from the Suffolk cost she seems to have gained height very soon to nearly 900 ft. All later data points show an altitude between 1900 and 3000 ft. I know the points given by the data are only cut out moments of a more complex process, but even then: should we assume Tore has eaten before leaving Suffolk?
Hi Alex
All matters of height and speed would be (just like us) what the Osprey wanted at the time. Whatever their little minds decided at the time. Hope that makes sense
Tore appears to be taking the Deshar route.
At least Bynack is somewhere wet (even though he had to go North to find it):
Don't say that, Sandy!!! In any case, Tore is sensibly sticking to land - Deshar flew down the middle of the Channel, so he was already in trouble by that stage.
Really hope she doesn't end up crossing Biscay, though.
Bynack seems to be taking things easy after his North Sea crossing.
Bynack isn't daft!! He's found water (the markings are not mine - GE Water Body Outlines)
Quite attractive-looking water too, if you have a look at GE photos of the lake just north of the last data point, so hopefully with good fishing.