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.
Tiger, lets hope not and she stays in Spain.
Unknown said: Tiger, lets hope not and she stays in Spain.
06 (01) came back in her first year.
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Thanks Tiger, I knew about this but have not read about it. Interesting reading.
I still hope Caledonia does stay put we shall see. Most importantly I hope she always winters in Spain.
Unknown said:I still hope Caledonia does stay but we shall see. Most importantly I hope she always winters in Spain.
I would have thought that she will winter in Spain for the rest of her life just like Green J and Beatrice.
Caledonia updated on GE to 08.05.2013. Little change:
Thanks Alan. ;-)
http://scottishwildlifetrust.org.uk/things-to-do/wildlife-webcams/loch-of-lowes/
Alan and Sue C you are doing a great job of keeping us updated and thank you.
I am so happpy Caledonia is doing so well and thank you both and all so much.
Happy Birthday to Caledonia - one year old today.
LG report in a footnote to the latest blog:
"Latest on Caledonia - not much to report. She has remained in a very small area, on a stretch of a river where the R. Huelva intersects the bigger river Rio Guadalquivir near Santiponce near Seville"
Great to hear of Caledonia still doing so well.
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Mary, that's great, Happy birthday Caledonia.