Osprey migration

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.