patily said:

Does anybody know whether Sacha Dench is able to fulfill her plan to folow the osprey migration in current circumstances

There's nothing online saying she's set out so I suspect it's on hold.

Yes thanks CLARE Lovely to "see" you

Fergus has posted a new BLOG - Can't see it posted anywhere else so have added it here. 

For the first time in Australia, two chicks at Port Lincoln and Thistle Island have been fitted with solar tags.. Rather alarmingly, the article states that "We've seen roughly a 26 per cent decline in the last five years on the osprey population in South Australia".  I hope their project finds out what the problem(s) is/are.

Thanks for this update Mary, good to hear from Fergus.

Thank you so much Mary and Alan for your links. So enjoyed Fergus' Blog. And the Osprey footage! wow, I could have believed it was the Glaslyn bridge !!!! Definitely not a UK Osprey though. What a beautiful bird

SheilaFE said:

For the first time in Australia, two chicks at Port Lincoln and Thistle Island have been fitted with solar tags.. Rather alarmingly, the article states that "We've seen roughly a 26 per cent decline in the last five years on the osprey population in South Australia".  I hope their project finds out what the problem(s) is/are.

Thanks for pointing out that the link failed to work, Scylla.  This is the article (whew, I managed to find it again, LOL).

SheilaFE said:

hope their project finds out what the problem(s) is/are.

worrying decline indeed Sheila. Let's hope they find out the reasons why.

Lovely write up on the news of Blue 195 (2019) seen in Senegal , so exciting to see a juvenile from Abernethy :)  hope he returns next year - there is a vacant nest ready and waiting :) www.facebook.com/.../3900482476638388 and link to the newspaper article www.strathspey-herald.co.uk/.../

Thank you VALERIE Whar lovely news Wouldn;t it be wonderful if LG had a breeding pair again?