The Ospreys are back !!

Domesticated animals aside!👍

I like that they have been give names, much easier to associate to a particular location than numbers, IMO. Numbers seem so impersonal, and of course not all the Ospreys have been tagged so have no number per se.

Brian, quick update 're Loch Garten. 

There has been lots of activity around the next over the last couple of days, with Axel, AX6,  and a couple of females, one new, BTO ringed, one and an unringed one, but who appears to be "Mistle",  who was with him for a short while last year. It now looks as if they have paired up again and there may be a resident pair this year, which is great news.

Here's the link for the story so far...

https://community.rspb.org.uk/placestovisit/lochgartenospreys/f/loch-garten-ospreys/279445/loch-garten---march-april-2022/1385411#1385411

Just to make Brian jealous. Mistle, the new female on the Loch Garten nest. It looks as if she has paired up with Axel again, after a brief courtship last year,  and they are making a go of it.

An update for CY.

Yesterday the female on Nest 2 at Poole Harbour, CJ7, laid what is believed to be the first fertilised Osprey egg to be laid in the South of England for 200 yrs.

OH, Nellie, you are so cruel ,  there was me wondering if I should get rid of the old camper and there's you suggesting { obliquely of course  } that I should get out and use it as was intended !

Will have to 'book' my 6-monthly blood test soon, then, when the results come in & Nursey delivers her tirade on well-being, self control and other similar things mayhap I will get moving again and might, just might, tell YOU about  Osprey outrages, bad bird behaviour and suchlike for a change.  Till then I thank you for the memories 

Have just come across this news letter from the Roy Dennis Wildlife Foundation. It should be of interest to all lovers of Ospreys, but in particular CY and those with ready access to the Poole area.

https://www.roydennis.org/2022/04/25/osprey-dynasties/

Another reintroduction using translocation methods same technique as that used for the white tailed eagles not too far away. Let’s hope it works first time, I’m sure it will eventually. 
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-61272883

Seen them on their migration around the Humber Bridge/Barton Broads area. Always thought this might be a good place to attempt a reintroduction. Alkborough Flats Reserve nearby could also be a possible site, maybe!

RoyDennis foundation may know.

I should have known my fellow 'forumers' would have knowledge and interest in these wonderful creatures! Unbeknown to me at the time of booking, I have taken a cottage for a week in June, with Loch Garten as my back yard. It's an area I didn't manage to get to in my caravanning days so am really looking forward to my trip, especially if I have the opportunity of watching these birds of prey - novice that I am. In the meantime, the livecam will do.