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Bynack's finally done it! He's picked up the pace and made it over into Africa to join Tore and Rothes. Where has his journey taken him? What peril lies ahead? Has Tore reached her final destination already? Check out the Loch Garten osprey diary to find out.

The last update from Loch Garten saw Bynack finally getting his act together and heading south with purpose and Tore flying full steam ahead through Africa, but there were some rather worrying signs coming from Rothes satellite tag. No one was entirely sure what was going on and it's been a tense...

Cirrus and ShielaFE: I edited the original posting, earlier this morning, about R & B with another map showing Rothes' three fixes on the 21st August, they are all dotted around the ponds, a few hundred metres away. If there had been a fix miles away, LG would have added it I am sure, so my logic...

For those who missed it, very probably, Beatrice and Rothes have met on the banks of the Gironde, at the sturgeon farm, on 21st August. See here .

Newsflash from the Gironde ...... when two ospreys meet. "When two ospreys meet ... Rothes, the Scottish osprey stationed for weeks near Saint-Fort-sur-Gironde had the company on August 21, of Beatrice, an adult Scottish female also equipped, with a satellite beacon, who flew by at 14.00hrs over...

Copied from 'There's no stopping.......' Rothes - some detective work needed here - possible sighting? www.faune-aquitaine.org/index.php Yesterday we have a sighting as above, near Hourtin, in a natural reserve, called Barouins. This is just outside the scope of Rothes' tracking...

The migration is well under way, so here is a list of birds to follow, with the latest position as I know it, from websites.....the list may be incomplete, so if you can please help, add any tagged ospreys that we can follow. So far in 2007, 2008 and 2009, we have not had any simultaneous fixes,...

Well, you can probably predict the situation. The latest data we have shows - a drum roll, please - Rothes : still in residence near Fontaine, north of Bordeaux Mallachie : still around the nest she calls home. The weather forecast for Aviemore shows high winds and rain coming soon, which will...