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.
Unknown said: Sad news about Lake District number 12: www.flickr.com/.../ospreywatch
Sad news about Lake District number 12:
www.flickr.com/.../ospreywatch
Very sad news. A bit different from any end we have seen before.
Tiger Signature
That makes very sad and depressing reading.
Very sad indeed.
Just reading the report on the abandoned, then removed egg and love their heading 'chick embryo crosses the Styx'. Very droll :) Fingers crossed the two remaining eggs are successful.
ChloeB & Tiger's Osprey Data
Such a shame, Alan, just as he was about to embark on his first journey home as well.
Very sad news Alan
Margobird
Copied from the RD questions thread.........refers to Rothiemurchus.
"Do you think that by flying to a high altitude, an osprey may relatively easily find a known destination, even although the 'angle of approach' may be from different co-ordinates, from previous experiences? Effectively, as we would use a map, by turning it round to suit our route planning. I am thinking about Rothiemurchus' 2012 landfall in Devon, at his favourite spot, more or less, reached from a more easterly starting point on land, as opposed to the previous sea route."
Having another thought about this question. We are told that the weather in Brittany and the English Channel was poor and raining. Therefore Rothiemurchus would be unable to see across the Channel even at altitude, I suspect. Could it be therefore, that osprey can remember navigational co-ordinates. We can remember the sights, sounds and smells of our holiday destinations. If we accept that osprey can detect the earth's magnetic field, therefore can navigate using this sixth sense, then it does not seem to be too unreasonable to speculate that, these observations could be remembered and then recalled when necessary, when navigating. (Just like us having 'favourites' in our sat nav.) :o)
ChloeB & Tiger's Osprey Data Site
Sat track schedule Spring 2014
LG 7 days; RW & SWT nil; LDOP varies
Oh, that is so sad, poor number12. Was so looking forward to see how his life would unfold, would he return to the Lake District etc. Sounds as though he was injured, or got sick. So many hazards.
As jsb has said, there is so much to learn about migration from these satellite tagged birds.
Tim Mackrill has tweeted that someone is going to try to find #12:
http://twitter.com/#!/timmackrill
Kawartha Lakes osprey 54706 still not home as at 9th May:
Rothiemurchus in the Lake District (Derwentwater) at 7am this morning. http://www.roydennis.org/osprey/index.asp?id=282&sid=169
I'm off out now, heading over there for the week, so will keep an eye open for him, as well as the local residents.