The Ospreys are back !!

Just back from the reservoir Clywedog where we watched 2 Ospreys on the nest.  Can't ident them at the moment but hopefully over the next few days we will get more information and hopefully watch them fishing.

Watched 5 x Ospreys today, two at the Clywedog Resevoir and 3 at the Osprey Project.  On the way back to site 8 x Red Kites sky dancing

Well  that's   it  for  another  year  at  Loch  Garten.

Sadly,  after  Odin, the  resident  male,  was  driven  off  there  were  no  bobble  heads  to  survive  so  EJ  the  female  has  only  had  the  occasional  young  male  for  company,  and  it  seems  that they  were  not  worth  her  wasting  time  on  .  So  from  lack  of  sightings  it  seems  EJ  is  heading  off  on  an  early  migration  to  somewhere  between  southern  Spain  &  Senegal  coastal  area.

Wonder  if  she'll  be  seen  at  any  of  the  English  sites  for  a  refuelling  pause  ?

Just back from fishing Clywedog. No sign of the adults or young Ospreys. Look as if they have headed South.

Oneputt  reported  on  another  thread  that  he has  seen  Ospreys  over  flying  East  Anglia ( I think it  was  Thetford  Club Site )  so  I  must  assume  at  this  time  of  the  year  that  they  are  this  years  chicks  just  meandering  down  to  southern  Iberia  or  Coastal  Senegal  area.  May  they  get  there  safely  for  a  year  or  so  fattening  and growing  up.

ABM I ťhought Oneputt meant the feathered variety but I believe they were out of the air bases, he may have said USA. I'd commented as I'd not heard of ospreys in this area. He cleared it up on whatever thread it was on 😲 possibly what you up to today.

Hi All,

The Ospreys (code-name) I was referring to was the American plane flying out of Mildenhall.

However we do regularly have Ospreys over flight and pause to feed on their way in and out of the UK.  At the moment there are 2 around the Strumpshaw area of Norfolk.  Breydon water is a favourite fishing spot as they are very partial to flat fish.

If any one is in Dorset there is one maybe two Osprey at Arne RSPB reserve and remember the parking is free with your cc membership card,also the church is worth a visit as its main lighting is still candles

Thanks  to  everybody  for  pointing  out  the  presence  of  high-powered  American  aircraft  of  the  same  name  in  the  East  Anglian  airspace  .  In  future  I'll  have  to  use  the  suffix 'Feathered'  or  the  Latin  name  if  I  can  remember  it  .

Brian  

Quite a few Ospreys stopping off to feed on their way South.  One currently fishing at Breydon Water