France , Landes : Wednesday, January 2nd, 2013 Marais d'Orx (Générique) / Orx (40) 2 Ospreys (Pandion haliaetus) [Yohann Montane ]
Not intending to be aggressive, Noisette, and I'm really sorry if it comes across that way. I don't want to go into personal medical details in public, but I genuinely can't help how things come across sometimes. Please be tolerant of my disability.
I just like to keep the facts straight. Birds ringed by other ringers aren't Roy's, and it causes unnecessary confusion to refer to them as such. He just happens to be the person who, for historical reasons, still distributes the UK rings. Someone has to, or there would be all sorts of confusion. It doesn't make it his project. If it was, he _would_ have all the details, and getting information would be so much simpler.
Which said, reporting sightings to Roy is absolutely the right thing to do, and I never suggested otherwise. If he doesn't have the data himself, he will at least know who had that particular ring and be able to pass the query to the right person. Getting answers from some of the other ringers is another matter unfortunately, even for Roy. Best not to go there.
It is equally correct and appropriate to report sightings to the BTO, however. As far as I understand things - and I'm on slightly less certain ground here - they are the central authority for UK ringing, including actually licensing the ringers.
The important thing, which we all agree on, is that sightings of ringed birds get reported to one or the other, and not just hidden away on - at best - local sightings websites. Without that, there is no point ringing birds in the first place.
29/09 12:32 CORNWALL : Osprey, Hayle Estuary [S]
still this morning
29/09 15:19 DEVON : Osprey, Bowling Green Marsh RSPB [S]one from viewing platform mid-afternoon (15:00)29/09 18:17 SOUTH YORKSHIRE : Osprey, Hatfield Moors [S]one this afternoon (14:30)
29/09 22:00 OXFORDSHIRE : Osprey, Radley GPs [S]one today
30/09 08:50 SUFFOLK : Osprey, Landguard NR [S]
one flew south early morning
30/09 16:23 NORFOLK : Osprey, Colney GPs [S]one viewable from beside horse stables (13:55)
30/09 18:59 CORNWALL : Osprey, Kennack Sands [S]one mid-afternoon
30/09 20:28 HAMPSHIRE : Osprey, Dibden Bay [S]one late afternoon (17:30)
30/09 22:38 CORNWALL : Osprey, St. John's Lake [S]one then flew south
So glad these last few days have been mild. Quite possibly some of these birds are juveniles who have,hopefully, been practicing their fishing.
Alan. One at Thorney yesterday,29/10 and it is the one with missing primaries.
Birdies LG DU update.
Thanks Mike, still a few about.
01/10 14:09 HERTFORDSHIRE : Osprey, Amwell GPs [S]
one west over Hollycross Lake
01/10 16:40 HERTFORDSHIRE : Osprey, Amwell GPs [S]still mid-afternoon
01/10 16:45 CAMBRIDGESHIRE : Osprey, Hemingford Grey [S]one flew from Marsh Lane GP towards Fen Drayton late afternoon
01/10 17:36 EAST SUSSEX : Osprey, Rye Harbour NR [S]one early afternoon
01/10 21:05 WEST SUSSEX : Osprey, Thorney Island [S]juvenile on a post on the mudflats off the southwest corner this afternoon (14:10)
I have just read Alan's latest sightings and could not believe an osprey seen on marsh lane in hemingford grey, I was there today, then on to Fenstanton! Can you believe it!! :(
Alan. I suspect this is the same report for Thorney but it would appear to be a new bird as opposed to the one with missing primaries. www.sos.org.uk/index.php
Thanks Mike, sounds like a new bird.
02/10 09:04 SUFFOLK : Osprey, Westleton Heath [S]
one flew south this morning
02/10 11:17 CORNWALL : Osprey, Carnsew Basin [S]one still this morning
02/10 14:57 HAMPSHIRE : Osprey, Mottisfont [S]one flew south carrying a fish this afternoon (13:50)
02/10 20:00 DORSET : Osprey, Christchurch Harbour [S]one flew over
02/10 22:34 SUFFOLK : Osprey, Hen Reedbed SWT [S]one over this morning
French migration watch point Col d'Organbidexka:
1st October : 2 ospreys
Redoute de Lindux
1st October : 1 osprey