NOW IS THE WINTER OF OUR UPDATE CONTENT.
During the next few months we will be updating the information on the website, this involves hours of research, checking old websites. news articles, Facebook groups, YouTube channels and various publications.
What are we looking for?
Interesting and verifiable facts, about nests, regions, individual ring numbers, family trees, brood sizes.
Old news articles, Osprey Books, Academic Publications, old Film footage.
We are also very interested in hearing from individuals who have been involved in Osprey conservation over the years, people who can fill in some of the blanks.
WE ARE NOT LOOKING FOR SENSITIVE INFORMATION, Just information which can be shared.
So how can you help,
An example from this last week, We posted a document about 1 Year Old Returnees, having information on just 2 unique birds, one of our group was able to supply verifiable evidence of a 3rd returnee Blue T3 in 2017, photographed at Fishlake Meadows and now breeding at Rutland Water, thanks Jenny Hillier. This information is now shared.
What are we asking, if when browsing the information we have on the website you come across a gap you can fill, please let us know, if you are aware of some old news reports, YouTube channels or any interesting facts about UK Ospreys please let us know. Equally when browsing if you come across an error which you are able to help correct please let us know. If there is anything you think we have missed let us know.
If you have some time to spare and wish to do some research and then share your results, we are looking to fill in some of the histories behind some of the established areas, nests and individual birds, a lot of current information is shared, a lot of the historic information was less open to the public. We must stress we are not asking for sensitive information, such as nest locations.
Another Nugget we have recently uncovered is that the first Chick hatched in the Lake District was not in 2001, it was in fact a year earlier in 2000, this chick was unringed, this nest also produced 3 chicks in 2001 which were also unringed. We believe this information and information like it enhances the Osprey Watching experience and draws people in.
Another area we are interested in is sightings of colour ringed birds, this information can be used to identify birds which have survived migration and returned.
We look forward to you sharing some of your findings and knowledge.
The quickest way to contact is via the Facebook Group, https://www.facebook.com/groups/ukospreyinformation
THe Bottom line is and always will be, Report all sightings of Colour Ringed Ospreys to The Roy Dennis Wildlife Foundation using the following link.
UKOsprey Information 