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Does anyone know if loch garten has any returning Ospreys yet as the RSPB site is now down for maintenance which I suspect was due to being hit by loads of spam since Tuesday. The webcam is still running but the forum is down.
 
barnstormer said:
Does anyone know if loch garten has any returning Ospreys yet as the RSPB site is now down for maintenance which I suspect was due to being hit by loads of spam since Tuesday. The webcam is still running but the forum is down.
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Laddie is back at Loch of the Lowes but most ospreys seem to be late.
 
Ian its more than likely due to the winds at the moment in the migration passage. From what I understand westerly winds are very hazardous for them.
 
barnstormer said:
Ian its more than likely due to the winds at the moment in the migration passage. From what I understand westerly winds are very hazardous for them.
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Surely it is easterlies that are hazardous as it blows them out into the Atlantic?

This is what happened to 9 (98) the veteran Rutland male in 2012 and he could easily have been lost.
 
barnstormer said:
Does anyone know if loch garten has any returning Ospreys yet as the RSPB site is now down for maintenance which I suspect was due to being hit by loads of spam since Tuesday. The webcam is still running but the forum is down.
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No Loch Garten has no osprey back.

The RSPB forums came back in the last half hour.
 
There has been a couple of Ospreys seen around Aviemore, but I have not seen one over my Lochan as yet, pretty cold weather here and it is possible tomorrow that lots of Lochs will have some frozen areas on them, of course the Ospreys will hunt on running water if that is the case, so along the river Spey will be the best bet for a sighting.
 
speyghillie said:
There has been a couple of Ospreys seen around Aviemore, but I have not seen one over my Lochan as yet, pretty cold weather here and it is possible tomorrow that lots of Lochs will have some frozen areas on them, of course the Ospreys will hunt on running water if that is the case, so along the river Spey will be the best bet for a sighting.
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Well if they are not at the Lochan it suggests that they have not arrived yet.
 
kawwauser said:
no reports of any in angus yet mind you the temperature dropping to two degrees and gale force winds aren't helping
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I think that the main problem is the bad weather in Spain in France. There are are two tracked ospreys bogged down in northern France.
 
LG Ospreys

The weather here in Aviemore is horrible, snowing with high winds as well as being really cold, more like winter... than winter.
Gordon.
 
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