The Ospreys are back !!
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At least the shells provide food for some wee beasties, and so the food chain starts.
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Absolutely brilliant news. Another small step towards a reintroduction & rewilding!
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Here's the link to the FB page where the female removed a half of the shell yesterday.
Great news indeed. Just now waiting for the first of the chicks to appear at the Loch Garten nest.
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This blog should be of interest to all those reading this post. It is from the Conservation without Borders web site. I think many will associate with the feelings of most that are mentioned on it.
https://www.conservation-without-borders.org/welcome-to-the-flight-of-the-osprey-blog-post
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Some sad news on the Osprey chick front. Both the 3rd born chicks at Llyn Brenig and nest No.6 at Kielder have not survived. However the majority of those that have hatched seem to be doing well, even all 4 at Nest 1A at Kielder.
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Micky, I can't remember if you had been to view the Esthwaite Water next but it appears that 2 out of the 3 eggs There have failed to hatch. I can't find out about the state of those at the Bassenthwaite nest. One egg out of the 3 at Kielder No.4 next has also failed to hatch
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First time breeders at LG too, so it will be interesting to see how they fair. Should the pair at Llyn Brenig succeed in raising both of their chicks that too will be a success as they have only managed one in the past, and of course last year their nest was vandalised.
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Wonderful news!! The first chick since 2016 has hatched at the Loch Garten nest at around 5:30 this morning, and the new mother, unringed so has been given the name by followers as Mistle, has started to feed it with some success. The "new" father, blue Darvic ring No.AX6, born Glen Affric in 2016, and nicknamed Axel, has supplied at least a couple of fish to the nest today, so things seem to be going well. Fingers crossed that the other two eggs hatch out and the chicks are reared successfully.
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WN, a little information, although a bit of date, about the Ospreys in the Biesbosch area, where I believe you are.
In 2014 – 2019 Ospreys Pandion halieetus built nests at nine different locations in the Biesbosch area, SW Netherlands. A pair settled and bred succesfully from 2016 -2019 in tree nests and raised in total 8 youngs. A cluster of nests in different electricity pillars a few kilometers south resulted in successful broods in 2017 and 2019, with 4 fledglings in total. None of the breeding attempts failed and average breeding success of those 6 broods was 2.0 fledglings. A third territory with two built nests was settled in the same area in summer 2019. In 2018 and 2019, territorial Ospreys were also present in the Maasplassen area in Limburg. After building a small nest in 2018, an artificial nest was placed, but not used to breed thus far. Ring readings revealed that (potential) breeding birds come from eastern Germany and Rutland, UK. The show natal dispersion distances of over 400km of these male birds. The settling Ospreys have to deal with other raptors, such as White-tailed Eagles and Peregrines, which can influence the choice of nesting places for Ospreys. In Limburg, Canadian Geese occupied the nest until the beginning of May 2019. Human disturbance seems to be most challenging at his moment and no entrance within a perimeter of some 100s of meters around the nests is proposed.
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The second Loch Garten chick hatched at about 3:00 this morning, and seems to be doing ok. However that cannot be said for all, as some have failed to hatch and 4 chicks, at least, have died, including one at each on the nests at Llyn Brenig, Loch Arkaig and Kielder No.6 nest. Also one of the four Goshawk chicks, at LG, has not survived.
At Manton Bay the chicks are at least 5 weeks old and they will be ringed in about a weeks time.
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Just a quick update....The 3 Manton Bay chicks, all females, have just been ringed, 1H1, 1H2 and 1H3.
I will give further updates during the week.
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Went to see the Loch Garten family last week along with Goshawk and WT Eagle nests near by. The latter two nests though only via their webcam setups. Good to see the Ospreys have returned closer to the visitor centre this season. The WT eagles are on the verge of fledging. We did see one adult flying around the Boat of Garten area. A really huge bird. Hope they establish themselves on the south coast of England and provide such a delight for the many folk down there.
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A latest update.
At Keilder Nest 1A has 4 chicks feeding: 2 and 8 no news: 3 no pair took up residence: 4 has 1 chick feeding, 1 died and 1egg FTH: 5A no chicks after 2 dying and 1 FTH: 6 has 2chicks feeding and 1 died: 7 has 2 chicks feeding and 1 FTH.
There has been 1 chick die at each of Llyn Brenig, Loch Arkaig and Loch of the Lowes, but the remaining chicks are feeding well. At Loch Doon 1 died and 1 FTH, but still 1 feeding.
At Esthwaite Water 2 out of the 3 FTH, so only 1 feeding.I
Three nests have had their chicks ringed so far. M.B. see above: LotL 2 sex undetermined, LP8 & LR0: Foulshaw 3 ringed, no note of sex yet, Darvic No. 479, 480, 481.
The pair at LG are feeding 2 chicks and 1 egg FTH.
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No problem, WN.
It looks as if the 3 chicks at Llyn Clywedog will be ringed tomorrow or Friday, but if not then they will not be ringed.
The 3 chicks at both Glaslyn and Dyfi were ringed today.
3 Females at Dyfi: 7B0 named Pedran, 7B1 - Padarn, 7B2 - Paith.
Do not have details of the Glaslyn chicks.
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Two more nests had chicks rented yesterday.
At Threaves the numbers and sex are 041-Female: 042-Male: 043-Female(?)
At Keilder Next 1A. 438-Male, named Falstone: 439-Male, named Frankham: 440-not determined, named Farne: 441-Female, named Fenham.
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Right now, Nellie, I'm getting posts from RSPB scaring the heck out of me with tragic tales of how Scotland and, to a point, Northern England are still being battered by Avian Flu which is STILL SPREADING most especially round coastal areas.
Should anybody be likely to be in the area of such an outbreak I hope they take the warnings to heart !!
Don't handle any birds, dead or sick.
In the extreme event that there should be no alternative to handling them then wear PPE & strong disposable gloves but still inform such authorities as may be in that area !!
Take Care please.
Brian
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They were able to get the chicks ringed at Clywedog today. One female, Darvic Ring No.553: Two males, Nos 554 & 555.
The 3 chicks at Manton Bay are now taking short hovering exercises, so it will not be long before they fledge
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Great protest in the LG web site that those responsible have not included the "provisional" name MISTLE, given by the watchers when she arrived last year, in the list sent out on the email. Most are refusing to submit a vote and many have posted emails complaining about the non-inclusion.
The first of the the Manton Bay chicks have Fledged today, spending time away from the nest. The other two have practiced their hovering and should pledge themselves over the next couple of days.
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Quick update.
Both the other Manton Bay juveniles have taking their first flights, one around noon yesterday and the other today.
More chicks have been ringed, including the single remaining one at Esthwaite Water and the pair at Poole Harbour.
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Get more ringing news from yesterday
The pair at Llyn Brenig are X6, a female, and KA9, a male
The pair at Poole Harbour are both females and have been given Darvic rings No.5H1 and 5H2. Here is a link to their blog:-
https://www.birdsofpooleharbour.co.uk/osprey-news/first-poole-harbour-osprey-chicks-ringed/
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Two more of the Kielder nests have had their chicks ringed yesterday,
Nest 7 :- Female, 1B0, named Fourstone, and Male, 1B1, named Fontburn.
Nest 4 :- Male, 442, named Featherstone.
For those that don't know the Rangers have been giving names to their new Ospreys for the last 6 yrs, each year the names start with the same letter, following on from the previous year, and the names are associated with places in the surrounding area, such as rivers, becks, villages etc.
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It's quite an achievement when you think of how desperate the situation was about 20 years ago where the main or sometimes only breeding took place at Loch Garten with the occasional other site getting a look in.
So a big thank you to all of the support staff around the country that make or have made the breeding of Ospreys such a success.
Thanks also to Nellie for keeping everyone well informed.
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Thanks for those kind words, WN, it's fun following all the arrivals and how the nests progress during the breeding season.
A further update from Keilder and others. Because Nest 2 is in a position when there is no access the 3 chicks there will not be ringed, but seem to be doing well. Meanwhile at Nest 6 the two chick were ringed on the 8th, both are females, 1B2 named Fourlaws, and 1B3 named Farnley.
The Loch Garten chicks were ringed today, 1C2 is a male and 1C1 a female. The wardens have decided not to name them (yet?). There has been much discord about the naming of their mother, now officially named Asha!!😲
At Manton Bay all 3 chicks have taken their maiden flights, so are now fledglings, I guess, as is one of the chicks at Clywedog who flew for first time today.
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just takes one to start it, then there's hatchings { & hatchlings 
} everywhere, not complaining but just think of them there shells littering the place, and they say us 'umans are messy 
https://youtube.com/watch?v=9Lxtsv87MIs&feature=share
