Glaslyn Ospreys

Quick update: One of the juveniles at Rutland - the female, is thought to have already gone. She was apparently behaving the way they do before they migrate. The male chick is still there. All the Glaslyn juveniles and the Dyfi youngsters are still around being fed by the parents. At Aberfoyle, the two chicks have fledged but they are a few weeks behind all the others. Hope we'll see some of them back in a couple of years time.
 
Fingers crossed for safe journey for all of them. Been noticing on Birdguides for the past 10 days a movement southwards of Ospreys. It's that time of year. Amazing the journey these youngsters are about to undertake at only a few months old
 
Our Great Skuas will soon be heading off to West Africa for the winter. Good riddance!
Don't really mean that but they are devils to live with.
Arctic Terns, Puffins and Kittiwakes all in serious decline. Global warming = No sand eels = no food for these birds chicks. And Donald Trump denies its happening!
 
Arctic Skuas not one of natures kindest creatures, we see them up the Thames usually after a particularly strong easterly and they are usually drowning some hapless waif and stray that has come up river for respite. The one last autumn was drowning a guillemot.
As for Trump had for him to see anything happening behind that hair and ego.
 
I meant Great Skua on that last post. Still got our Swallows and Martins but am noticing big flocks heading south. Large flock of Sand Martin just gone over the garden southwards. A lot shipped out in front of the bad weather on Weds morning. Lots of waders returning from the high north. Green Sandpiper on lake edge this am.
Just done the monthly WeBs (wetland bird survey) and plenty of Godwits, Whimbrel, Curlew and Greenshank in a tidal area.
You will be getting the geese and swans before you know it Minorcafan
 
There's a blast from the past. Remember as a nipper reading Desmond Nethersole-Thompsons book on Greenshanks. Still never seen one but it changed the way I felt about birds and set me on a lifelong journey.
 
One of the Dyfi Project Ospreys appears to have left, Aeron the male who is 84 days old. Sad to think we may never see them again - they may make it back to the UK in a couple of years but they have to be spotted and their rings readable.
 
Margaid said:
One of the Dyfi Project Ospreys appears to have left, Aeron the male who is 84 days old. Sad to think we may never see them again - they may make it back to the UK in a couple of years but they have to be spotted and their rings readable.
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It will be very special to see any of them again after witnessing their little goggle eyed faces doing the Indian head dance in the nest and all the wing stretching and the first flights. But, I guess they are all prospective adults now and just that it seems to have been a successful year for Osprey kind. Good luck little ones and thank you for introducing me to birds of prey - I was deaf to those 'peee, peee' calls before!
 
They think Mum Glesni has gone too, possibly in advance of the changeable weather forecast for the weekend. The two female chicks and Dad, Monty, are still there as are all the Glaslyn chicks and of course the Aberfoyle chicks (Aran and Mrs G's "grandchicks" are quite a bit younger.
 
The youngest, smallest Dyfi chick Eitha has been fishing successfully! Everyone was concerned she wasn't getting enough food as a small chick but she's obviously inherited her dad's successful fishing genes!
 
Maya has now left Rutland Water, and female 30 has now reached France
 
Yes, 245 miles in a day!
All the Dyfi chicks appear to have migrated, as has Glesni their mum. Only Monty is left apparently determined to build his "man shed" on top of the camera pole.
 
30 has now reached Spain on 30th August she spent the night south of Madrid by the river Guadarrama, by the time the next lot of data comes in she should be going across the Atlas Mountains, she is averaging 241 miles a day. 33 has now left Rutland.
Lots of Ospreys were seen on the Essex coast yesterday, one even graced Rainham Marshes for a while, looks like they have by passed the air space over our garden yet again, I was earnestly scanning the skies, but only Buzzards moving south and Yellow Wagtails. One day I will find an Osprey investigating our lake
 
30 is already in North Africa - at 11 am today (Saturday) she was just south of Marrakesh. On 31st she flew 400 miles on one day!
 
Really interesting page of records from Glaslyn site, giving dates of arrivals, egg laying, ringing and departures, up to 2016.
http://www.glaslynwildlife.co.uk/glaslyn-osprey-key-dates/
 
Osprey at Rainham Marshes on the Thames yesterday and today still, sitting on a lump of driftwood on the foreshore.
We also picked up in the road outside a tiny exhausted Goldcrest, warmed it up popped it onto a blackberry bush in the woodland, not giving out much hope for its chances, 10 mins later with the sun on it it perked up and was busy feeding and flitting about calling. Hopefully she will make it through winter and get to make the long journey back
 
Have you seen the "Season of mists and mellow ospreyness" photo of Glaslyn? It's magical. If I can sort out who can do it for me I'm going to get it printed on canvas - fairly large. I can have a copy of the image in exchange for a "donation".
 
That is a lovely pic, and will look lovely on canvas. Sort of pic you look at and feel calm. Keep us updated.
 
Dyfi Osprey Project web cam now turned off. All the ospreys have left. At the last check all the Glaslyn ospreys are still there, but the chicks were quite a bit younger than the Dyfi birds.
 
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