Osprey sightings 2011

Let's hope it is Ozwold then, thank you Alan :-)

18/10 23:12  SOUTH YORKSHIRE : Osprey, Thrybergh CP  [S]

one again (07:30)

19/10 14:57  HAMPSHIRE : Osprey, Titchfield Haven NNR  [S]

one over south (14:15)

19/10 16:07 NORFOLK : Osprey, Choseley Drying Barns [S]
one flew low to the east 500m south of Barns mid-afternoon (14:00)

19/10 17:18 HAMPSHIRE : Osprey, Meon [S]
one along canal path mid-afternoon (14:05)

An illustration of how wrong migrations can go - on a previous occasion when Deshar's flight was being discussed, I found this list of osprey sightings in the Azores, the islands everyone was hoping he would find. Ospreys don't breed on the Azores, so these birds must have come from either Europe or North America - and these were the lucky ones who found their way to land. 

I see there has been a new sighting in the last few days on Flores, which is 1100 miles from mainland Portugal and 2000 from Cape Cod.   

Thanks SueC. Very interesting. It's a pity Deshar did not find his way there.

Meanwhile at the Pyrenees:

1 migrant osprey over Redoute de Lindux yesterday making a seasons total of 140..

Total for 2010 was 122.

Just when I thought they had all left the UK:

21/10 13:01  BEDFORDSHIRE : Osprey, Brogborough Lake  [S]

southwest over early afternoon (12:55)

21/10 14:20 BEDFORDSHIRE : Osprey, The Lodge, Sandy [S]
one over the hill fort this afternoon

1 migrant osprey over Col d'Organbidexka yesterday making a seasons total so far of 181.

The overall total for 2010 was 177.

Best ever year was 2004 with 196, 2nd best 2006 with 182.

ALAN PETRIE

1 migrant osprey over Col d'Organbidexka yesterday making a seasons total so far of 181.

The overall total for 2010 was 177.

Best ever year was 2004 with 196, 2nd best 2006 with 182.

Re above......on Autumnwatch last night we heard an observer telling Roy that an osprey had previously been seen, flying over the pass, which is high up :O) !! clutching a fish, just like having a packed lunch for the journey. That was news to me and not something that would have ever, even have crossed my mind.

22/10 19:48  CAMBRIDGESHIRE : Osprey, March Farmers  [S]

on post east of the car park mid-afternoon (14:00)

23/10 11:25  BEDFORDSHIRE : Osprey, The Lodge, Sandy  [S]

again eating fish in dead tree before flying off towards Warren Villas; also 6 Woodlarks still (11:00)

1 migrant osprey over Redoute de Lindux today making a seasons total so far of 141.

Total for 2010 was 122.

24/10 09:09  BEDFORDSHIRE : Osprey, Old Warden  [S]

flew over Shuttleworth towards Old Warden at 08:55 (08:55)

6 sightings in Holland today. October figures are going to be well up on last year whereas the UK figures are going to be well down:

waarneming.nl/.../346

1 migrating osprey counted at the Swedish watchpoint at Nabben,Falsterbo yesterday making a seasons total of 312.

2010 total was 229.

Mean for 1973 - 2010 is 262.

25/10 11:53  BEDFORDSHIRE : Osprey, The Lodge, Sandy  [S]

showing in a tree near the Hill Fort this morning but flew (11:30)

25/10 14:16 ISLES OF SCILLY : Osprey, St. Mary's [S]
one south over Peninnis Head towards Gugh

25/10 22:24 CORNWALL : Osprey, Sennen Cove [S]
flew north (12:15)