NEWS FROM OTHER NESTS - 2012

I just came here to post that - had a lump in my throat reading it :-)

Osprey cam back on line at Blackwater:

www.friendsofblackwater.org/camhtm.html

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New blog from Dyfi:

www.dyfiospreyproject.com/.../we-pulled-it-off

Thanks Alan should get some good views this year.

Alan  thanks for all your posts and pleased to see the Blackwater cam is up and running now.  Hope the ospreys have better luck than the eagles.

Very many thanks ALAN. What a team effort and such wonderful news. Thank you one and all Dyfi osprey projet

News comes today of what may become two new nests this year in the shape of two new platforms that were erected in France in February. They are in the Medoc region, to the north of Bordeaux, just a few kilometres to the west of the sturgeon caviar farm, where Rothes hangs out. They are sited on the spring migration track north, that we are all familiar with, which is probably the most popular route for UK birds to use on their way back here.The two artificial nests in two protected areas will be managed by the NFB (ONF), the National Board of Forestry and the project has been developed by various groups, including the LPO and the Osprey Observatory in the Forest of Orleans.

Press Release (French)

Press Release (Bing translation, English)

EDIT: 10.10pm There are already 802 hits on Google covering the above story!

And this news summary from last year will be of interest. It could be that 2012 will see a lot more osprey related news from France.

LPO osprey news.

Latest news from L'Etang du Ravoir, in the Forest of Orleans, Gilles Perrodin reports the mating  between Orange 8R male and Orange 8V female, the 8V is subject to final confirmation. This occurred on the 4th March. The male who turned out to be 8R was reported on the sightings thread as first having been spotted on the 28th February,

French.

Bing translation English

Thanks JSB. They are certainly very early compared to our ospreys. It will be interesting to see when the first egg is laid.

Some news about the live streaming from Dyfi:

"The Dyfi Osprey Project will be opening on 30th March. Cameras are being
installed later this week/early next so by this time next week we should know
how well they are working. Live streaming will not be ordered until they have a
pair on the nest and will take approx two weeks to set up, so assuming the birds
return early April live streaming should be turned on in time to see egg laying. "

Aberfoyle ospreys tweeted:

"Thats 2 new HD cameras up on osprey nests ready for the season :-)"