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Threave Osprey News:
The male osprey (Black 80) has left the Threave nesting site over the weekend. I think the bad weather may have had something to do with it!
He has done his job, both juvenile are hunting fish and looking in good condition for migration. We didn't see them at all over the weekend (due to bad weather) and then had views of both juvenile on Monday and Tuesday. It won't be long before they also head south.
Yesterday a member of the public saw one of the juvenile osprey have a tussle in mid air with a red kite. That must have been an awesome sight! One I have been lucky enough to witness a few times at Threave. My money is on the osprey winning, it’s a more powerful bird of prey!
So once the ospreys migrate, we have lots more wildlife to look forward to viewing in October. The migration south of greylag, pink footed and Greenland white-fronted geese. Whooper swan, pintail, teal, wigeon and waders such as snipe and lapwing.
So get out your winter woollies, come see these interesting birds and flocks of geese and duck. It’s a spectacle to behold!
Osprey Ranger - soon to be Duck/Geese Ranger.
The male osprey (Black 80) has left the Threave nesting site over the weekend. I think the bad weather may have had something to do with it!
He has done his job, both juvenile are hunting fish and looking in good condition for migration. We didn't see them at all over the weekend (due to bad weather) and then had views of both juvenile on Monday and Tuesday. It won't be long before they also head south.
Yesterday a member of the public saw one of the juvenile osprey have a tussle in mid air with a red kite. That must have been an awesome sight! One I have been lucky enough to witness a few times at Threave. My money is on the osprey winning, it’s a more powerful bird of prey!
So once the ospreys migrate, we have lots more wildlife to look forward to viewing in October. The migration south of greylag, pink footed and Greenland white-fronted geese. Whooper swan, pintail, teal, wigeon and waders such as snipe and lapwing.
So get out your winter woollies, come see these interesting birds and flocks of geese and duck. It’s a spectacle to behold!
Osprey Ranger - soon to be Duck/Geese Ranger.
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