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.
Tore has moved south into Guinea Bissau (spot the mistake!)
Bynack is moving around the same area in Mauritania
Loch Garten stats. and All the important links for LG.
margobird said: 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.
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.
Thanks, MARGO, I've set my recorder in High Definition! :-) I like Ray Mears anyway - so unsensational, so dogged, so clever (IMHO).
There's fabulous footage of owls on The One Show at the moment.
Oh yes, we all love Bynack, but sister Tore is a star in her own quieter way. They both affect me differently - if I watch a video of Bynack my heart leaps and an uncontrollable smile creases my face up, Tore has a more sentimental effect. My precious birds, there will never be anyone like them because they were my first love.
Oh dear, what's come over me? ;-)
IMAGICAT
OH Scylla, Soppy you.... and ME TOO. I feel the same way!
Moffer & Scylla. I go all soppy thinking about my lot too! When you spend as much time with them as we do it affects you for life! I tried for a long time to not think of them as "my ospreys" or "my nest" but they are!
One Life - Live It!!
margobird thank you so much I as was waiting for autumn watch. What a star you are and thank you again for pointing out Wildlife Brittain and fantastic LG will be featured.
That point for Tore on 14th is confusing me. Did she return to the original river or is it an error in the data? .
Last point on the blog is said to be 3pm on 13th. That's the mistake I mentioned.
I'm confused! (it doesn't take a lot these days)
I just watched Ray Meares and Roy Dennis talking about ospreys, and RM said it was Loch Garten, but that was not EJ and Odin, more like Lady and Laird? Anyone?
It was certainly not Lady & Laird. Thought maybe Rothiemurchus Estate but not sure
Thanks Valmc. I was going by age. Roy Dennis said that the female was 20 and the male was 15 years old. I noticed that the male had a blue leg ring on, but I couldn't make out the number. Anyone know who these birds are?