The Ospreys are back !!

Hmmm,  ,   Nellie could they be  er er  Staycationing ??

Ok I'll get me jimjams out -  Good Night Y'all !

A trifle disconcerting. Does that mean we are in for a long winter?

To what are you referring there,  CY ??   

  A )  The Ospreys heading to Spain or Senegal, or

 B )  Brian's choice of night  attire   

Perhaps it just means that those from up north are hardier and more fearless than their southern counterparts.

Brian, I have just read that this year's female chick from Loch of the Lowes, LR1, also departed on the 15th, or at least not been seen since, which unusual in it's self as the resident female is usually the first to go.

Agreed, Nell,  the 'ladies' normally head south earlier than the males / fledglings ~~ could they be having a meet-up or similar to catch up on the latest  chirp~tweets ??

Looking at the links to the monitored next sites it would appear that nearly all the juveniles have left for their winter climes, although there are still plenty of adults about. They too should be heading off shortly. Perhaps the delay in them going is that they have spent the last week's feeding up their offspring to the detriment of themselves, and are now bulking up before departure.

Brian, there are reports of two of this year's juveniles from Keilder being seen over the channel, one in France and another photographed in Spain, at El Hondo, S Alicante. One of the adults UV is now down at Poole Harbour, where he was photographed yesterday.

And one of my neighbours had a break in Yorkshire last week, only got home on Monday 13th. On a coach tour on Sunday the On-coach Yorky expert pointed out an osprey over the moors { which I said must be a First Year Bird } but they had no bird guide to verify the 'experts' statement  .  could it be due to climate change, global warming, or has the daft tweet found a welcome in the fish side ?

Still quite a few about throughout the country 

20 sightings reported by BirdGuides yesterday
19/09 07:54 Essex : Western Osprey, Manningtree
two yesterday
19/09 08:59 Norfolk : Western Osprey, Ken Hill Marshes
one flew south (08:45)

10:02 19/09 Western Osprey Cornwall Drift Reservoir 15:20 18/09
one in north-west arm yesterday afternoon
11:00 19/09 Western Osprey Suffolk Hazlewood Marshes SWT 10:30
two distantly from hide
11:16 19/09 Western Osprey Pembrokeshire Gann Estuary
juvenile still
11:24 19/09 Western Osprey Suffolk Blyth Estuary 11:22
again on post near Hen Reedbeds SWT
12:02 19/09 Western Osprey Essex Manningtree 11:45
one still
12:25 19/09 Western Osprey Gwent Goldcliff Pools NR 12:21
one flew towards Newport Wetlands
13:05 19/09 Western Osprey Essex Pyefleet Channel
one again
13:18 19/09 Western Osprey Cornwall Drift Reservoir
juvenile still
14:18 19/09 Western Osprey West Yorkshire Cullingworth
one at Hewenden Reservoir
14:37 19/09 Western Osprey Essex Pyefleet Channel
two
15:08 19/09 Western Osprey Cleveland Scaling Dam Reservoir 15:00
one flew west towards Lockwood Reservoir
15:33 19/09 Western Osprey Bedfordshire Brogborough Hill
one flew south along A421 mid-afternoon
15:53 19/09 Western Osprey Cornwall Devoran 15:39
one still