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ericrovve · #1 (**permalink**) 14-03-2008, 03:00 PM

I find this breathtaking!
Perhaps it's best to read the Autumn (down page a bit) trip first and then start following her back, day by day

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goosey · #2 (**permalink**) 15-03-2008, 08:10 AM

Amazing isn't it! I think we all know of the birds that migrate and the dangers and great distances they cover, but I know in my head that I find it so hard to put into reality and understand the full meanings of facts and figures.
This is great Eric - I hope she gets to Scotland safely for a successful breeding season.

Last year April I was waiting to hear news of the return of a Pair of Ospreys to Lake Bassenthwaite UK. The male turned up but his mate of 6 previous years didn't (we never did hear what happened to her)-luckily a young female in her first breeding season did and they reared 3 chicks successfully - so it's fingers crossed again for 2008.

A great story - it put it in to perspective

ericrovve · #3 (**permalink**) 24-03-2008, 09:45 AM

Logie the osprey is back in Europe!

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goosey · #4 (**permalink**) 24-03-2008, 05:56 PM

Thats good to hear - lets hope her mate makes it safely!

mtngoat · #5 (**permalink**) 24-03-2008, 06:37 PM

Do any of you know the osprey range? I thought they lived only in the Americas... but then I probably could be wrong...

paul m · #6 (**permalink**) 24-03-2008, 06:55 PM

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Originally Posted by mtngoat

Do any of you know the osprey range? I thought they lived only in the Americas... but then I probably could be wrong...

As it says here, 'one of the most widespread birds in the world':
All About Birds: Osprey

Could also be said that they are one of the most threatened from almost every angle ....

Guy F · #7 (**permalink**) 24-03-2008, 09:23 PM

It's great to hear she's made it back safely, hopefully with many others. They're such magnificent birds, it's very nice to see them making a comeback in Britain.
Guy

mtngoat · #8 (**permalink**) 25-03-2008, 01:08 PM

Ah. Ok, thanks. I hope that an osprey I saw not too long ago stays in this area. Logie's story is cool though, and I hope to see/observe more of them this summer.

goosey · #9 (**permalink**) 10-04-2008, 05:05 PM

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Originally Posted by goosey

Last year April I was waiting to hear news of the return of a Pair of Ospreys to Lake Bassenthwaite UK. The male turned up but his mate of 6 previous years didn't (we never did hear what happened to her)-luckily a young female in her first breeding season did and they reared 3 chicks successfully - so it's fingers crossed again for 2008.

I have just heard that the osprey's have returned to the nesting site at Bassenthwaite

. They returned more or less at the same time which is unusual, and are believed to be the same breeding pair as last year.

goosey · #10 (**permalink**) 10-04-2008, 06:04 PM

It has been confirmed that the pair are the same as last year, Ospreys have disinctive plumage so they can be identified from that. This will be the 8th year the same nest has been used.
They spent the winter in The Gambia or Senegal seperately after leaving Bassenthwaite last September, the female left first then the male left later with the three young. It is the first time ever a pair has returned on the same day.
These Ospreys are such an important occurance in Cumbria (England) as they had been extinct for 150 years prior to 2001. Although Ospreys returned to Scotland in the 1950's.

ericrovve · #11 (**permalink**) 13-04-2008, 11:00 AM

Logie has made across the English Channel at last! her mate has waited soo long he's started to flirt

black · #12 (**permalink**) 16-04-2008, 10:45 AM

Great to see Logies progress. I grinned when I saw the entry for Logies position on 14th April "A GPS position at 11am gave Logie's position as flying NW at 22km/h at 500 feet over Terminal 4 at Heathrow airport - hope she got clearance to cross the runways safely!"

Members of the Manchester Birding Forum are hoping her predicted flight path runs along the M6 - they are keeping an eye open for her

mtngoat · #13 (**permalink**) 16-04-2008, 10:14 PM

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Originally Posted by black

I grinned when I saw the entry for Logies position on 14th April "A GPS position at 11am gave Logie's position as flying NW at 22km/h at 500 feet over Terminal 4 at Heathrow airport

oh my, what are birds coming too if they now need GPS???

Are ospreys around the world really as endangered as I've heard?

ericrovve · #14 (**permalink**) 17-04-2008, 08:40 AM

How else are they going to get home in this modern world? In some parts of the world they seem to be thriving, in Florida, for instance. They do have problems with bald eagles, I was told, which are very much on the increase. The eagles wait high overhead, when an osprey get a fish, he swoop down and takes it!

mtngoat · #15 (**permalink**) 17-04-2008, 11:53 PM

lol, it seems that ospreys will need to go into serious fishing business to keep them with a good GPS supply

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Yes, I've heard of the bald eagles stealing habits. They'd badger the osprey by swooping in low, then zoom upwards. Finally the osprey, having had enough, flips over, usually with talons outstretched which causes the fish to hang loosely or drop, and then the majestic eagle zooms in to catch the falling fish or pluck the outstretched fish.

goosey · #16 (**permalink**) 26-04-2008, 10:05 AM

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Originally Posted by goosey

It has been confirmed that the pair are the same as last year, Ospreys have disinctive plumage so they can be identified from that. This will be the 8th year the same nest has been used.
They spent the winter in The Gambia or Senegal seperately after leaving Bassenthwaite last September, the female left first then the male left later with the three young. It is the first time ever a pair has returned on the same day.
These Ospreys are such an important occurance in Cumbria (England) as they had been extinct for 150 years prior to 2001. Although Ospreys returned to Scotland in the 1950's.

After seven successful breeding seasons at a nest in Wythop Woods on the shore of Bassenthwaite Lake on the 23rd April the ospreys surprised everyone by moving to a new nest - on the opposite side of the Lake.The new nest is on an artificial platform, which was installed by the Osprey Project team to encourage more ospreys to settle in the Lakes. Now they are on the side where the observation point is, so it´s all go preparing a new obsevation platform and getting cameras installed to view the new nest, but need to make sure there is no disturbance to the birds.

Fingers crossed now for some eggs!

goosey · #17 (**permalink**) 09-05-2008, 07:53 AM

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Originally Posted by goosey

After seven successful breeding seasons at a nest in Wythop Woods on the shore of Bassenthwaite Lake on the 23rd April the ospreys surprised everyone by moving to a new nest - on the opposite side of the Lake.The new nest is on an artificial platform, which was installed by the Osprey Project team to encourage more ospreys to settle in the Lakes. Now they are on the side where the observation point is, so it´s all go preparing a new obsevation platform and getting cameras installed to view the new nest, but need to make sure there is no disturbance to the birds.

Fingers crossed now for some eggs!

It is believed that the female has laid 3 eggs - the same as last year, 3 is a usual clutch for ospreys.

Only a few days after the birds moved to the new site, it is thought that the first egg was laid on the 26th or 27th of April,

Incubation is carried out mainly by the female and takes between 34-40 days, so the eggs should hatch in early June.