This Topic has been set up to follow the Spring 2012 migration, and summer activities, of satellite tracked ospreys, excluding Rothes and Tore from Loch Garten, who are followed on this thread.
It replaces this earlier thread, Satellite Tracked Ospreys (non-LG) Aug 2011 - Feb 2012.
R & R for 09:
http://www.ospreys.org.uk/category/satellite-tracking/osprey-09/
I have mentioned this on RW Blog but repeating here also.
Tim was mentioning slow progress as he would be tired.
It may be that he is encountering sand storms now he has moved a little inland.
As you know I was in the saharah during autumn migration at an oasis (Accomodation for a remote BP Gas Plant) where the migratory birds all roosted overnight.
One morning I watched an Osprey take off probably after overnight roost and hit an isolated sand storm which brought it staright back to the ground in rapid speed.
This apears consistant with what Tim is trying to explain.
Jukka still at the river Benoue in Cameroon. Still another week or so before he leaves on migration:
Swedish osprey 49460 still at Lac de Buyo in the Ivory Coast:
Swedish osprey 19153 still at Sine Saloum delta in Senegal:
Latest from Roy:
"18th March. Red 8T started his migration yesterday; Morven will be in Morocco by now. Beatrice is still stopping over on the River Adour in France - photographed with a fish yesterday. Rothiemurchus still in West Africa."
Einion latest position : No change:
Dulas latest position : No change:
Beatrice again today with another fish:
www.faune-aquitaine.org/index.php
Unknown said: Beatrice again today with another fish: www.faune-aquitaine.org/index.php
Alan: My translation with a little editing to use terms that we are familiar with. Also I think this is the best photo I have seen showing how the sat pack sits on Beatrice's back, whilst she is in flight.
Quote (Courtesy of Faune-Aquitaine.)
Osprey in migratory halt.
The Osprey observed on Audon by Alain Laborde (Observation and photographs FA here ) 99,9 % chance of being the Scottish female ringed in 2000 provided with a satellite beacon ’Argos’ and a green darvic 5B ring, “Beatrice”: the back mounted antenna and sat pack are quite visible on this photograph.
Faithful to her stopover site during her 2 migrations, Béatrice would have arrived about March 7 on banks of Adour according to information given by Roy Dennis, ringer and tracking expert responsible for this programme on the tracking of the ospreys, was able to report to Valentine Dourthes who had observed it year last and saw his code colour: it had then stopped on the zone of the 07? on March 30, 2011!
Paul Lesclaux: regional organizer of the national plan of action Osprey
ChloeB & Tiger's Osprey Data Site
Sat track schedule Spring 2014
LG 7 days; RW & SWT nil; LDOP varies