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.
Unknown said: Delighted that Rothes is ok!!!
Delighted that Rothes is ok!!!
Absolutely fantastic news, Alan. Now there's absolutely no doubt that it's the transmitter that's at fault. It would appear that the battery is on the way out, so it's unlikely we'll get much more information out of it. There is always the example of Morven, though, who's transmitter has been on the blink for years, but still gives the odd fix. I doubt that the problem is the same one that afflicts Morven's tag, but whether we get any more fixes or not, the important thing is that Rothes is OK.
It is indeed wonderful news. We may yet see him flying over Loch Garten next year!
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Thanks for the Great news about Rothes! Plus we know he IS going back to his winter home. After his unusual Summer migration where he did not complete the trip to his natal site I wondered if he would go back to Africa. Well he is on his way back.
In time there may be problems with Tore's tag. Bynack was constantly picking at it and bent the wire. I would not be surprised if he actually did a bit of damage to the wire .
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You could be right, Barbara. Just soooo glad to hear that Rothes is OK.
Blowed if I can find any good news about Rothes!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Not on the Blog unless there's an even newer one and not on GE
Bynack looks nowhere and only goes up to 29 Sept !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And now GE is frozen ******
I'm going to bed
Cirrus. It is a new blog BUT was posted some hours ago and long before you commented so you may have a problem. Rothes is safe and well but there are problems with the sat tag.
Birdies LG DU update.
Update from Richard:
"The sun of Africa just might help the tag Rothes carries, but it'll never be completely right now. At best, we just might ge the odd blip from her, revelaing her whereabouts, but no detail. Things might improve come November, because then the data regime changes to weekly fixes, not hourly. The hourly regime will be sapping the tag, but weekly will require less battery juice, giving it more time to increase in voltage under ther African sun. We shall see.
I'm afraid we cannot up-date today as planned, seemingly ARGOS are undertaking some maintenance on the programme, and it is unavailable today. We'll take a look tomorrow all being well. What I can report is that Rothes is in Morocco, Tore has pressed on and is in Mali close to the three-way border of Mali, Senegal and Mauritania, so she's almost made it, to where we have always thought they go - Senegal/Gambia.
Bynack has moved on too, he is in Spain, north of Seville, so is looking well-placed to make the crossing at the Med’s narrowing at Tarifa. We’ll know more tomorrow hopefully.
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Many thanks Alan & Richard,
Shame about the tag Rothes is carrying.. still if we get sporadic blips then it's better than nothing. Good news of Tore and Bynack.
Thanks again.
All for one and one for all.
Alan, that is great news all round I think. Hopefully slow coach Bynack will catch up soon.
Bynack has now completely corrected his track and is well placed to cross into Africa at the narrowest point.