The Ospreys are back !!

Saw a bird of prey going over this afternoon fairly high up and no time to get bins so a quick walk part the way down our field and realised by the outline and colouring it was a Osprey going south and OH could not even see it even with long distance glasses on.

The way energy costs are going, I think perhaps we should all follow suit.

The majority of Ospreys over here seem to agree with you, CY, as many nests are now empty with their previous occupants away to warmer climes for the winter months.😁

Have just read that the first of the juvenile Ospreys to leave Kielder this year, Nest 1A’s 439/Frankham was seen on the morning of the 26th in Spain, on the Llobregat Delta at Barcelona. He was last seen at Kielder on the 9 th August.

Great News there, NTH  

Brian, there has been no sightings of Ospreys on the Loch Garten nest since 22nd Aug, and the last there was a regular intruder, KL5, who has been sussing out the nest on quite a few occasions. Hopefully Axel and Asha will return next Spring, Asha being last seen on 14th, Axel on the 21st, very briefly, and their youngster 1C2 on the 18th.

Thank you for that info, Nellie  .  I do so hope we will get only good information about the adults next April  and 1C2 when its time to 'come home' as it were in a few years time  

A very interesting blog here from Border Ospreys, for you Brian.

https://borderospreys.co.uk/2022/08/29/weird-end-of-season-goings-on/?fbclid=IwAR006Qr-HgjawIpa06oeA16em80LgA-wqEqJMvE8Gt5AdQNIaOSYMHUg_DI

 Eee, that were gud that were    Thankee kindly  !

The sole youngster from Nest 4 in Keilder, 442/Featherstone,  was last seen at the nest on Sunday, but was photographed at Baston & Langtoft Pits, Lincolnshire  yesterday.

One of the 2019 Nest 3 Keilder Ospreys, 207/Cawfields, was sighted at Anthorn in Cumbria on 16th August, having last been seen in Senegal in November 2019.