Wigtown Ospreys (2 Viewers)

[Tiger_mz]

It seems that we have a wonderful new webcam for the Wigtown ospreys this year.

See http://www.outersight.co.uk/html/wigtown_osprey1.html

 

[Marmot]

Always used to go to see the footage when we went to Dumfries and Galloway. You almost felt as if you were sat in the nest with them.

Great news about this.

 

[Tiger_mz]

It is time to ring the bells. The female H/D is back.

 

[ANR]

It is time to ring the bells. The female H/D is back.

great news. At least another 3 migrant birds sighted in Lancashire today so maybe she wont be on her own for long. If the weather holds the next two days should see most of the established breeding birds through, so there is a good chance of picking one up, on their way north at the regular places they turn up

 

[Cartman]

great news. At least another 3 migrant birds sighted in Lancashire today so maybe she wont be on her own for long. If the weather holds the next two days should see most of the established breeding birds through, so there is a good chance of picking one up, on their way north at the regular places they turn up

Hope one of them is on their way to Loch Garten

 

[ANR]

just wondering if there was any news of the male at wigtown or if the new pair at the wildfowl trust birds had got back yet

 

[Osprey Fan]

just wondering if there was any news of the male at wigtown or if the new pair at the wildfowl trust birds had got back yet

Yes, the male arrived back at Wigtown yesterday afternoon, so the bells rang out.

Haven't heard anything about the Caerlaverock birds yet.

 

[Tiger_mz]

The original site for the Wigtown ospreys is still functional. You can sign up to get regular e-mail updates. See http://www.dgcommunity.net/dgcommunity/MiniWeb.aspx?id=193&menuid=8673&openid=8673

 

[ANR]

Yes, the male arrived back at Wigtown yesterday afternoon, so the bells rang out.

Haven't heard anything about the Caerlaverock birds yet.

thanks for the info, will be up there soon and hope to see one. There are still Ospreys moving north through lancashire and cheshire so with luck the caerlaverock birds will be back soon.

 

[Tiger_mz]

Yes, the male arrived back at Wigtown yesterday afternoon, so the bells rang out.

Haven't heard anything about the Caerlaverock birds yet.

I love the tradition of ringing the bells when the osprey arrives back. Full marks to whoever thought it up.

 

[Tiger_mz]

The young Welsh osprey Black 80 has returned and seems to have found a mate. Mind you he has gone to Scotland as he did last year. Black 80 is the first Welsh hatched osprey to return. See http://www.northwalesbirding.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2657&sid=d70679d84e20512350b2f1ea3f6de7cd

 

[Osprey Fan]

A female osprey arrived back at Caerlaverock on 8 April.

http://www.wwt.org.uk/article/151/2938/osprey.html

Hopefully it's mate will arrive soon and they will breed this year.

 

[Tiger_mz]

Fantastic News for the "Ospreys are back in Galloway" project, one of our chicks has returned to the Dumfries and Galloway. AW started off life as a TV star and he is continuing to be a TV star!

This youngster was on of the two 2004 chicks to hatch under everyone’s watchful gaze on the "Ospreys are back in Galloway" live CCTV link in Wigtown, we all watched enthralled as AW and AV (as they were ringed) grew up and learned to fly before finally leaving Africa, we all had our fingers crossed for the chick to return and have been waiting patiently ever since. AW appeared on the CCTV camera set up for the Caerlaverock Osprey Project where you can see him with his unrung mate.

The Caerlaverock Osprey Project has set up a CCTV system with their partners the Wildfowl and Wetland Trust, SNH, Forestry Commission Scotland and their pictures are shown on a screen in their visitor Centre at WWT’s Caerlaverock reserve. Brian Morrell who is WWT’s Learning Manager at Caerlaverock emailed me with the news that AW had returned during our event celebrating the return of the "Ospreys are back in Galloway"; what could be more fitting? I immediately made plans to go over and see AW for myself, just to make sure. Sitting there in the WWT tea room suitably armed with hot chocolate, coffee and cakes, we waited for a bird to put in an appearance on the nest. We didn’t have to wait too long an osprey; however it had no rings, a bit disappointed off I went to the car for my camera as I got back there were shouts. Not just one osprey on the nest but two, one of whom was the osprey I had come to see, AW. This was first time 2 birds had been seen together on the nest, a really good sign as you can imagine especially as AW was carrying a fish.

Brian has emailed me this morning to say that AW and “no rings” have been getting on well and that AW is definitely a male.

Will this be the first year that there is more than one successful nest in Dumfries and Galloway, let’s hope so, especially as we will have the privilege of seeing the progress of both mother H/D and chick AW on TV so we can follow all the details.

Brian and I are exchanging DVD’s so that everyone can see both AW as a chick and grown up AW and partner. In the mean time I have a photo of the screen showing AW as he is now, sorry it is not a good image but the sun was shining.

 

[Osprey Fan]

The Wigtown nest had bad news last week when the 1st chick, which hatched on 2 June, died two days later. Their second egg hatched on 6 June and that chick seems to be doing well.

Very good news from the Caerlaverock nest this morning - "At 9.30am this morning on the live CCTV system at the centre we saw a glimpse of our first osprey chick. It was then fed tiny scraps of fish by the female. This is the first osprey chick to hatch out in Dumfriesshire for over 100 years." Congratulations to them! ))