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Thanks Alice. We will just have to wait until monday. Have a good weekend and good luck with the GRW.

Alice: How can we get you a raise (rise?) in salary? Print out all these grateful comments and wave them under the appropriate nose next time that subject comes up!  :-)

Thanks, Alice ... good of you to take the time, even when there's no new data ... much appreciated! Unfortunately I'm too far away to come to the Goose Roost Watch ... but hope you have a good time.

Alice, thank you for bothering to let us know. Have a good weekend and I hope the GRW is a ' honking ' success.

Thanks for that Alice.  Hope to see you on Sunday down at Loch Garten and here's hoping for fine weather and more geese.  Take care.

Thanks Alice. Even no news is news to us addicts. LOL Have a great weekend.

Thanks for letting us know Alice, look forward to update after the weekend if any???????  

Have a good weekend yourself.

Thanks Alice and will look forward to Monday when hopefully you will have some news. It was so good of yuo to check anyway.  Have a good weekend and hope the goose watch goes well ahd that the weather is better than last week.

Thanks Alice.  Will look forward to Monday then.  Enjoy your weekend.

thanks as always Alice.

D&G Bird Forum has a post from a group of birders from Lancaster who were in the area on Monday,  At Glencaple whilst enjoying Barnacles fly in, one of the birders spotted an Osprey flying down the river being harassed by Gulls. Gosh, 2nd November, that's really late. Do we know of any stragglers this late before

susan : Check out these latest sightings

www.birdguides.com/.../species.asp

Thanks for that Alan, Good Grief. A really mild October??  l know the cold won't affect them TOO much but the wind and rain will scupper chances of fishing. fingers crossed for them all.

Thanks for trying anyway, Alice! Look forward to hearing from you Monday -  and what could possibly be more urgent???LOL

From LPO Aquitaine, very sad news.

The translation not prefect.

The body of an Osprey was found riddled with pellets on the Leyre near Port Biganos (33), a second wounded bird was recovered on an island of the lake of Lacanau (33). Again, this species is extremely rare in France is the victim of illegal shooting a situation that could compromise the ?facility grabber? in Aquitaine. On September 7, 2009, a dead Osprey was brought into rescue center wildlife of the LPO Aquitaine. He was a young bird born this spring, ringed around Lychen in north-eastern Germany On September 21, a wounded bird was reported on the lake of Lacanau. It was recovered the same day and sent to the Care Center Gironde. Radiographs performed by veterinarians affiliated with the center confirmed the presence of lead for both birds Already this year, in May, an Osprey was killed by a shot in Seine et Marne. And in 2008, in August, a young Osprey was also found sealed on the banks of the Durance in the Bouches-du-Rhone.

Ref: lpoaquitaine.org/spip.php

See above...'sealed' should read 'with lead shot'......correction.

Thanks for that jsb. It just shows how dangerous the migration is for these birds and how lucky we have been this year with all the good news of R&M and all Roys birds.