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Tracking Loch Garten Ospreys : July 2011- May 2012

Sue C
16/07/2011 14:19

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.  

  • 13/10/2011 04:00 in reply to scylla

    Scylla: The two-legged locals are fine, it's the four-legged ones they need to be wary of.

  • 13/10/2011 06:23 in reply to Sandy

    I've been without Broadband for three days, courtesy of Virgin, heavy sigh

    QW responded to my desperate pleas about whether Bynack had arrived at his winter quarters safely when I texted her.

    Huge sigh of relief. I am SO glad both brother and sister are properly in West Africa and likely to be doing well judging by the GE maps posted. Thank you ALL for those and posts.

  • 14/10/2011 02:44 in reply to Cirrus

    These screenshots are to illustrate queries to the LG team about Bynack's route, which I'm posting in the blog comments.

    Last point on 9th October and second point on 10th Oct - in Mauritania north of Nouakchott

    First point on 10th October -  seemingly over 600 km away in southern Senegal, sharing a tree with Tore? It would be remarkable if this had happened, and Richard hasn't commented on it - I suspect a set of co-ordinates for Tore has been entered in Bynack's file?

    France south of Clermont - Ferrand on 28th/29th Sept. This is where the "doubling-back" starts - should both these points be dated the 29th?

       

  • 14/10/2011 03:01 in reply to Sue C

    It does look look as if they are both there together. She must have heard him screeching and came to see what was wrong!! lol

    If nothing goes right, go left! :-)

  • 14/10/2011 03:47 in reply to Sandra

    Sue C fascinating and we would all like to believe Tore & Bynack were sharing a tree and as you say Tore maybe as been entered into Bynacks file?. Thank you for spotting the error but a very nice thought indeed.

  • 14/10/2011 15:26 in reply to bright&breezy

    Interesting thought SUEC  :)  well spotted

  • 14/10/2011 15:29 in reply to Cirrus

    National Park hopping by Bynack..  SUE this is the current Blog. Can't find your comments so I just wonder if you realise there IS a 'new' Blog  ???

  • 14/10/2011 20:19 in reply to Cirrus

    Just to let you know there is a programme on ITV at 8.00 tonight called Wild Britain with Ray Mears.  I believe there will be a snippet about Loch Garten on.

    Margobird

  • 14/10/2011 21:40 in reply to Cirrus

    Unknown said:

    National Park hopping by Bynack..  SUE this is the current Blog. Can't find your comments so I just wonder if you realize there IS a 'new' Blog  ???

    Richard said in his blog 2 days ago that Bynack really knows how to pick great sites. Where he is located now is listed on the  top 100 places for birds :)  Bynack is really showing everyone  that  just because he  is the  youngest doesn't mean he  is  not capable. He successfully made the  long flight over the  ocean, then  brilliantly navigated the desert   and now  is finding the  finest place to stay. :)

     If all three eggs had hatched , Bynack may not have been tagged. Then they would not have learned that age  may not be the best predictor of survival skills. Maybe the the best  survival trait is their  temperament. Bynack was a fighter from day one.  He challenged EJ and Tore as soon as he could hold up his  head. 

    Formerly known as Barbara Jean