The Ospreys are back !!
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An interesting article, below, about the translocation of Osprey chicks from Scotland to Spain.
https://euroweeklynews.com/2023/07/15/twelve-scottish-osprey-chicks-arrive-in-pego/
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It was reported today at 16:25 that 5H3 had fledged, so perhaps that is why you see only 2 chicks on the nest, N1805.
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A very sad blog about the taking by a Goshawk of one of the pair of juveniles from the next at Clywedog yesterday. This is about the 4th of this year's going that have been taken from watched nests by Goshawks so far this year.
https://johnwilliamswildlifeandlandscapephotography.wordpress.com/2023/07/19/tragedy/
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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
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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.
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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.
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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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Hopefully coming back home to Cornwall soon.
Well done, almost £30k raised, far more than expected.
https://www.avivacommunityfund.co.uk/p/cornwall-osprey-project
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Very good news just out here, they are back in Ireland!
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A short video of the season 2023 at the Poole Harbour Osprey Project.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=m6j3D6f9sdI
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Here is another video of the 2023 season at the Poole Harbour project.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VIkcZSi6QIY&t=7s
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And so it begins again! The first of this year's Ospreys who occupy a nest with a video link has arrived! NC0, the resident female at the Loch of the Lowes nest site arrived at 17:52 today, 9 days earlier than last year.
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https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=fobbv+cam+live+stream&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8
Something that may interest Osprey watchers whilst we wait for mates to arrive and nest building takes place.
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The resident female, Maya, arrived at 15:58 today to her nest platform at Manton Bay, Rutland. This equals her earliest arrival on site, and now she is waiting for her mate to return.
Thanks for that link, WN.
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Yes he did, M, at 15:25 today, just the single day behind his partner, which I think is quite remarkable considering how far they will have travelled separately.
Hope you get a chance to see them both.
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Maybe, as last year they both arrived on the same day, although a week or so later than this year!
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Another Osprey visitor to the Manton Bay at 10:15 today, the female Blue 25(10) who is known to have dropped in on Maya in the past. Her nest is Rutland Site C on private land and her partner is B11(10).
Still no reports of other Ospreys having arrived at their respective nest sites yet, apart from NC0 at LotL's site, see above post.
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It has been reported today that Blue 11 has been seen in the Rutland area, so that is a second pair to have made it back to their nesting area.
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Voracious brutes. Thank goodness we don’t have them here. If they were around there would be no fish in the Tamar. And without fish the heron would leave us.
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What utter tosh EuroT. If you were lucky to have a pair then how many fish do you think they would take each day? You're more likely to lose your fish to pollution rather than 2 Ospreys.
Your comment is reminiscent of the late Richard Ingrams hatred of Buzzards. They'll only hold territories that will sustain them. They're not foxes that just kill for pleasure.
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Another of the Rutland Project Ospreys, male Blue 30 (10) was seen yesterday fishing on the River Gwash.
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What do you mean, voracious? They only eat what is needed. They are apex predators and as such are very few in natural numbers. So few in fact they will have virtually nil effect on the fish populations. In fact their presence may help healthy stock and stock numbers exist. That’s how balanced ecosystems work. We should be aiming to improve the likes and restore natural symbiotic relationships.
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