This thread has been set up to follow the travels of Caledonia and Alba, the young ospreys raised at Loch Garten in 2012.
Their mother is “EJ”, the resident female at Loch Garten since 2003; there is some doubt about the identity of their biological father, given EJ’s dalliance with a male from a neighbouring nest, Blue XD, both before and after the return of her regular partner Odin, who raised them.
Caledonia hatched on 16th May and Alba on 18th May; they both fledged on 14th July.
This is a link to the Loch Garten blog describing the ringing and satellite tagging.
Caledonia’s ring is Blue/White AA1, reading downwards. Alba’s is Blue/White AA2, reading upwards.
Following the tracking
This page gives a quick overview of the routes on a map, which will be more useful once they start migrating.
If you want to look at the routes in more detail on Google Earth, this page contains instructions on setting up your PC to do this.
This blog contains some useful information about how the tracking works – we are now on a 3-day reporting period.
New blog from Richard.
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SheilaFE said: New blog from Richard.
Some pictures now which I do not think were there originally.
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Hazel b said: New blog from Richard.
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Indeed they weren't, but they only show the area in which she was fishing. Valerie has just posted a message with more info - apparently they got back late last night - and more pictures will be forthcoming :-)
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Valerie is inviting questions.
thanks for the prompt Tiger :)
Tiger do you know whether Valerie and co come over onto these forums. Perhaps there should be a dedicated page for comments. I seem to think ages ago we were encouraged not to chat on the main blog.....? I would love to know whether they saw any other osprey during their time by the river, and whether they were able to see if any were ringed. With 80 different species ticked off it was a good thing they Manu on hand to point them out. Do we know how far Cally flies from her roosting area to fish?
Sheila - It would be wonderful if Valerie Opened up a thread with a report of the VAP Team visit to Seville. Then we could all make comments and ask any questions, away from the main blog which you quite rightly pointed out that a request was made not to "Clog up the Blog" LOL....
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Sheila and Mary, I know when the main blog was pages long but I think now is ok to post and ask questions :) Exciting times and I think should be recorded on the main blog and maybe a new "Caledonia Wap" Blog.
People will read and brilliant news.
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There are photos of Caley on the Facebook Loch Garten Bloggers page :)
Thank You very much Sheryl will go take a look now.