Osprey Tracking Update – 2nd December 2015
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It’s been another pretty quiet week for our two young ospreys in the Gambia. The majority of FR3’s activity has been focussed around the villages of Faraba Sutu and Kafuta, …
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It’s been another pretty quiet week for our two young ospreys in the Gambia. The majority of FR3’s activity has been focussed around the villages of Faraba Sutu and Kafuta, …
After FR3 and FR4’s recent adventures, the last week or so has been fairly uneventful, with both birds settled in their respective areas of the Gambia. FR3 continues to make daily journeys …
Both of our young ospreys have been relatively active over the past week, particularly FR4 who having travelled all the way to Guinea-Bissau the previous week has promptly returned to the …
There is a distinctly wintery feeling in the air at Loch of the Lowes today. The weather system associated with “Storm Abigail” which hit the west and north of Scotland overnight …
It has been a week of contrast for our two young ospreys, with one unsettled but not covering any great distances, and the other going country hopping! FR3 has had another …
Earlier this week we were contacted by Chris Wood, a volunteer from the Rutland Osprey Project. Chris has visited the Gambia on a number of occasions in recent years and …
Following on from an extended excursion into Senegal last time out, FR3 made a brief return trip across the border on 2nd November in what was otherwise a relatively uneventful week for our …
Last week it looked as though FR3 was possibly heading for the mouth of the Gambia river and the Atlantic coast, but over the past seven days our young osprey has been …
Engineers have been today and replaced the faulty component of our water pump so the Visitor Centre will be open for the rest of this week. We are open from 10am-5pm tomorrow, Friday …
FR3 has continued to travel west over the last six days and is now only around 40km (25 miles) from the coast and the mouth of the Gambia river. By …