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.
Oh no, Bynack, get out of there and head for the coast mate. It's a long time till Wednesday. I'm going grey!
Loch Garten stats. and All the important links for LG.
Moffer
I hope it IS Wednesday. I know Rothes' transmitter goes over to weekly updates from 1st Nov, that was established in 2009 and 2010. Tore's and Bynack's might be the same........
I think they probably all go to a longer transmission time from tomorrow. Dyfi said today that Leri's was going to a five day transmission schedule.
Tiger Signature
It says on the blog that there will an update on Wednesday. I hope so. I'm really NOT liking Bynack in the area that has given both Joe and Leri problems. Lets all will him to the coast and south a bit.
Bynack and Leri s latest positions:
I hope that the birds aren't being attracted to some sort of lure or trap. It's a worry. :(
Thanks Alan.
The penultimate fix for Bynack was so close to Leri's last recorded point (sorry, thanks to Firefox can't upload the map).
Here you go Sandy
Thanks, Moffer!
It's barely believable that he might have flown directly over the site where Leri "disappeared".
Must go back to the non-LG tracking thread, forgot to check the blog of the gentleman who's going to look for Leri again. He might even see Bynack. Just don't know what to say, but we're all in it together and our combined "voices" must be creating quite a volume of goodwill.
IMAGICAT