New Year’s greetings and an osprey tracking update
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As I write 2015 has been consigned to the history books and 2016 is already a few days old. I hope that you all had a restful and enjoyable Christmas …
Osprey Tracking Update – 18th December 2015
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This week’s tracking update will be very brief as there’s little to report in the way of change. FR3 seems to have settled on the mangrove swamp to the north …
Osprey Tracking Update – 12th December 2015
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The relative behaviour of our two young ospreys over the past fortnight has been starkly contrasting. FR3 hasn’t ventured beyond the confines of the bolons (creeks) to the south of the …
More details on the sighting of FR3
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Following on from last night’s exciting news Chris Wood has very kindly provided us with more photos of FR3 and an account of how he and Fansu were able to track …
BREAKING NEWS: FR3 has been spotted in the Gambia!!
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We received the very exciting news this evening that our osprey community friends Chris Wood and Fansu Bojang have this afternoon located and photographed our young osprey FR3, near Kafuta …
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, …
Osprey Tracking Update – 25th November 2015
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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 …
Osprey Tracking Update – 19th November 2015
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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 …
Osprey Tracking Update – 11th November 2015
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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 …
In search of FR3
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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 …