The Ospreys are back !!

ABM replied on 01/04/2015 16:52

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Posted on 01/04/2015 16:52

April starts the season of 'Osprey hunting' for me .

So off to RSPB Loch Garten, on-line of course, and the sites up, just about, but no Ospreys as yet.

So over to Scottish Wildlife Trusts "Loch of The Lowes" Website and, and not one but two Ospreys & mating in full view of the cameras ! Its not the aged "Lady" but a new female now in residence, so we'll have to see if the old girl turns up at all. Well she is believed to be in the high twenties now, darn near Geriatric as far as Ospreys go ! I understand Rutland has a number of arrivals so I must keep watching Loch Garten for more tales of Bad Bird Behaviour !!

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peedee replied on 21/07/2023 07:45

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Posted on 21/07/2023 07:45

Looks like I was wrong according to the Poole news page 5H3 fledged on the 19th.

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nelliethehooker replied on 28/07/2023 21:51

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Posted on 21/07/2023 07:45 by peedee

Looks like I was wrong according to the Poole news page 5H3 fledged on the 19th.

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Posted on 28/07/2023 21:51

Here is the link to the Polls Harbour Osprey blog with the latest news.

https://mailchi.mp/birdsofpooleharbour/boph-update-osprey-chicks-take-to-the-skies?e=d5356d555d

nelliethehooker replied on 16/08/2023 22:05

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Posted on 16/08/2023 22:05

This year's breeding season is nearly over and some of the adult Ospreys, usually the females, have already left their nests and are heading to their winter feeding grounds. The males and juveniles will be feeding up for their journeys.

This blog from Border Ospreys make interesting reading.

https://borderospreys.co.uk/2023/08/15/time-is-ticking-on/?fbclid=IwAR1QmxZ3XFU5g4gCfshDTff5O0qTKskLyA_efj9IfoO5SHTQfzz7zPv9BT0

Oneputt replied on 16/08/2023 22:10

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Posted on 16/08/2023 22:10

We are seeing Ospreys most days as the stop en route to feed up before heading further south

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Wherenext replied on 16/08/2023 22:19

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Posted on 16/08/2023 22:19

Read a report from Ranworth Broad, Oneputt, that said they are encouraged that a young male and female paired up recently so hope they may return next year to breed.

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eurortraveller replied on 22/08/2023 14:44

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Posted on 22/08/2023 14:44

We have precious few sea trout coming up the river but a couple of ospreys on the estuary would put a stop to most of them, and if any get through then a family of beavers could easily dam the upper stretches of the river and block access to the spawning grounds. What good ideas the suburban naturalists have for us.

mickysf replied on 22/08/2023 15:31

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Posted on 22/08/2023 14:44 by eurortraveller

We have precious few sea trout coming up the river but a couple of ospreys on the estuary would put a stop to most of them, and if any get through then a family of beavers could easily dam the upper stretches of the river and block access to the spawning grounds. What good ideas the suburban naturalists have for us.

Posted on 22/08/2023 15:31

I think you are looking at the wrong culprits. Salmonoids are suffering more from pollution, sea temperature rises and the destruction of their traditional reds and canalisation of he watershed by humans. Beavers produce nursery pools for many aquatic species including fish and they tend to be upstream of the reds. Don’t know who these suburban naturalists are mind but if they understand ecosystems correctly and the balance within then they will know about the importance of the work being done to assist both salmonoids and osprey alike and of course all other species in the ecosystem.

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