Dunedin male:
Just read it Tiger. Some lovely photos too, their camera set-up is top-notch.
A thing of beauty is a joy forever.
News of another nest in the Lake District:
www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/.../9656478.Ospreys_spotted_at_Esthwaite_Water
Update from Aberfoyle:
aberfoyleospreys.blogspot.co.uk/.../ospreys-beginning-to-make-their.html
Tweed Valley update:
tweedvalleyospreys.blogspot.co.uk
Oh this is a good thread today. Thank you TIGER and ALAN
Just reading my Westmorland Gazette and came to report the Esthwaite ospreys story, and see Alan has beaten me to it ! The chap there had been setting up last year so there were hints of an osprey nest in the area then.
As the Bass Flickr diary says that there is a known nest in Cumbria which had a chick last year and with the pair being Green 5Y male and White YU female as half-siblings from the Bass nest, so it seems that they are now located. Nice to have a known pair in the S Lakes.
As most of the known nests are settled now and most have eggs, spare a thought for the ospreys who did not return this year, notably Green 7Y at LOTL, no ring at Bassenthwaite, AW at Rutland Water, the female at Threave and most of all both the ospreys at Wigtown Bay. It seems like more than 10% have been lost despite the upsurge in sightings this year.
Unknown said: As most of the known nests are settled now and most have eggs, spare a thought for the ospreys who did not return this year, notably Green 7Y at LOTL, no ring at Bassenthwaite, AW at Rutland Water, the female at Threave and most of all both the ospreys at Wigtown Bay. It seems like more than 10% have been lost despite the upsurge in sightings this year.
Yes I have never known so many ospreys go down in one year. Do not write them all off until May 1st at least. Ospreys have been known to turn up as late as May 1st and beyond.
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Hazel b said: As most of the known nests are settled now and most have eggs, spare a thought for the ospreys who did not return this year, notably Green 7Y at LOTL, no ring at Bassenthwaite, AW at Rutland Water, the female at Threave and most of all both the ospreys at Wigtown Bay. It seems like more than 10% have been lost despite the upsurge in sightings this year.
[/quote]Yes, indeed. It just goes to show how precarious their lives are, despite them being big, strong birds.
I was particularly sorry that AW did not come back, as I have been trying to follow the Rutland birds and their history, because they are not so very far from me. Also Laird, because I watched him and Lady on the webcam last year. However, all the losses are significant and to be regretted.
Indeed - it is very sad and brings home how fragile they are and the dangers even experienced birds flounder at. Lets hope Rothiemurchus keep safe as indeed all the rest we know in Africa.