Garten was inside the third and last egg to be laid in 2009, on 22 April. She hatched on 26 May. Her parents are White EJ and 'Odin'.
When she was ringed, she weighed 1.7 kg and had a wing length of 325 mm.
Garten doesn't have a satellite tag but she does have a colour-ring - white with a black 'PH'. If she's spotted anywhere, someone using a telescope will be able to read the letters and report her whereabouts.
Keep an eye out for any birds with leg rings - you can send in the details to www.ring.ac and find out about 'your' bird!
What a beautiful photo - Garten certainly has a willful look about her. For all she is the youngest of the brood, she stood her ground and has really grown showing incredible determination.
Full of character, reminds me of dear Nethy. Fly straight and strong young Garten and we hope to see you back in Scotland in a few years.
Garten, you left yesterday and I already miss you! Have a safe journey and come back in a couple of years to meet a nice Prince Osprey and have lots of beautiful chicks :-) You were our little one, sometimes left without food, and now you are a fighter, a survivor. Bon Voyage!
God speed Garten - hope to see you again in Scotland in the future. Pru
It was my theory that Garten, with all her determination, gumption and feistiness, was the one who would have all the adventures, the narrow escapes, the most fun because she would be the most daring. And we would never know about it. Garten wasn't about to be deprived of food to meet the fate of dear Wee Yin from the 2009 brood. Even an uneducated novice bird watcher like myself could plainly see that she bullied her way from #3 up the pecking order ladder to #2. She is a fighter & a surviver and I trust she is still out there defending herself from all dangers and enjoying the good life, free and unemcumbered. Haste ye home to Loch Garten, brave one, to those who miss you and long for your return.
Excuse me please for my typing inaccuracies. Wee Yin was from the year previous to Garten. Garten 2009; Wee Yin 2008. Sorry to have to take up space with corrections.
So is Garten making her way north just now? One wonders.
One wonders where Garten is tonight? Is she thinking I feel like heading north and meeting a boy!
Wouldn't it be wonderful if both Garten and Rothes were to return to Scotland in 2012. Will Garten be spotted and will Rothes' tag continues to send signals? An exciting season lies ahead of us all.