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.
Oh stroll on, I am going, this is so petty!.
Good night.
If nothing goes right, go left! :-)
Sandra P said: Tiger, they cannot give us every detail of their flight links or whatever!
Tiger, they cannot give us every detail of their flight links or whatever!
Yes but if you examine past tracks it is always obvious when they settle down to try to catch a fish.
Tiger Signature
It is a great pity they aren't giving us the data timings, but I suppose it would add up to a lot of extra inputting. Isn't this a volunteer task?
Please lets not spoil this thread with tit for tat remarks.. whether or not who fished where does not matter, as long as we know they are safe and well is all we need to know.
http://scottishwildlifetrust.org.uk/things-to-do/wildlife-webcams/loch-of-lowes/
OMG! (Belatedly because of things getting in the way.)
Had been on GE looking at my old home in Cornwall, double-clicked on LG Ospreys and GE span around and zoomed in on the Midway islands in the Pacific ocean - I nearly had a heart attack! I wasn't expecting any new info because I never know what day it is, so when I dragged GE around and unchecked all except Cally and Alba I nearly had another heart attack, this time of glee and relief ;-D
Immediately thought of JSB's prediction - fantastic!
Presently feasting my eyes on a clear view of the yellow and white routes uncluttered by points. It is a joy :-*
IMAGICAT
For some reason I can't get both Cally and Alba's routes on the map at the same time. Am I doing something wrong?
ChloeB & Tiger's Osprey Data
Good evening all... I've not read back as far as a few posts... NightOwl I agree... Let us just rejoyce that our birds are safely and speedily over the channel... lets hope that this is a sign that thy will find good wintering grounds, nice and early nd be able to hold onto such.... My feeling is anyone gets in ALBA's way may not live to tell the tale...
Speed bonnie birds.... :-)
All for one and one for all.
So happy these precious birds are doing so very well up to now, can I just ask how long it will have took her to fly the Bay of Biscay
The more you rush, the longer it takes
Unknown said: Just in and thought to check, glad I did and delighted both Cally and Alba are doing well. Let's hope they stop for a break and feed soon. The difficult part of the journey is still ahead, unless of course they choose to stop in Spain. Tiger/Keith do you know if all juveniles go to Africa on first migration and then choose to stay on the continent in later years or do some never go as far as Africa in the first year?
Just in and thought to check, glad I did and delighted both Cally and Alba are doing well. Let's hope they stop for a break and feed soon. The difficult part of the journey is still ahead, unless of course they choose to stop in Spain. Tiger/Keith do you know if all juveniles go to Africa on first migration and then choose to stay on the continent in later years or do some never go as far as Africa in the first year?
One of great interest to me was one from my local nests and was ringed as a chick by Grampian Ringers during the summer months and was a recovery in January in Portugal in its first winter caught up in fishing nets so certainly did not go to Africa.
Thank you Keith, I am kind of hoping that one might just stay closer to UK and to see if this affects the stats for the positive of returning ospreys.