The Ospreys are back !!

Excellent views of ospreys at Meathop Moss today, just a stroll away from the Club’s site.

Follow the boardwalks round clockwise After the S bends, before the path turns back on itself, check out the group of 4 trees on your left. The nest is clearly visible and the birds showing well. Worth a visit. 🙂

https://www.cumbriawildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reserves/meathop-moss

Wonder if either of the pair are related to those at Foulshaw Moss, just up the road? The Ospreys are not mentioned on the CWT web page for that Moss. A well kept secret I guess.

Did you hear any whispers about those that have previously nested at Roudsey Woods, as they are not listed as having arrived there this year on the UKOsprey web site?

Would imagine the Meathop birds must be related to the Foulshaw ospreys, as you say, just up the road. The sightings are recorded on the information board at Meathop, but no mention on the website, for whatever reason. And, no, not heard any more whispers!
We’re home now, only took a couple of hours, filled up the garden feeders and are planning our next trip. Shropshire, maybe, if we’re not locked away in East Lancs of course, fingers crossed. 🙂

There has plenty of ringing of the Osprey chicks going on across the country, with 7 next sites listed so far on the ukosprey website, http://ukospreys.uk/arr21.htm

The first to fledge has been, as expected, at Manton Bay where the male (096) took his first flight today at 12:12.

Keilder's  young Ospreys are doing well, and they half way through fledgings now, with 8 juveniles airborne from 4 nests.

Great news from Keilder with regard to their Ospreys

"Today we confirmed that all sixteen juveniles in Kielder Forest have fledged successfully. That’s six better than our previous best year, so ‘super’ seems a bit of an understatement!

Fledging began on 16 July at Nest 1A, and possibly ended yesterday at Nest 2, so it has been a drawn out process across the 7 active nests."

Some more interesting footage and information from Keilder

https://kielderospreys.wpcomstaging.com/2021/08/10/intruders-and-fish/

 Thank you for that, Nellie.  After a couple or three bad days, I certainly got a much needed 'Pick-me-up' there !  Thanks again !

 Always glad to oblige. It is nearly time for the departure of this year's young.  Manton Bay 's chicks are 98 and 96 days old now.

This post should now read "The Ospreys are going" as it appears that the migration to warmer winter climes has started. Surprisingly the first young, from a monitored site, that have headed off are not the eldest fledglings, ie those at Manton Bay, where there appears to be fair bit of sibling rivalry, but the 2 from nest 1A at Keilder, 266 Embley and 230 Eals, who are 2 weeks younger, along with their mother, Mrs YA. None of these have been seen on their nest since 15th of this month.