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It's official!! Seasca has left Loch Garten and what a journey she has made. Take a look at our blog to find out what she's been up to!

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Rachel Coyle Rachel Coyle 22 Aug 2014 11:23 AM

Good morning from Loch Garten. The exciting news today is that Seasca, our middle chick, has definitely left on her migration south! In fact, as of 9pm yesterday evening she had got as far as the Bay of Biscay, on the west coast of France! Hopefully it's a bit warmer there than it is here (this Scottish summer makes you wonder why the Ospreys come back at all!). We hadn't seen anything of Seasca for a day or two and it seemed likely that she had followed EJ's lead and headed for warmer climes........


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Have a look at today's blog to find out the latest from the Loch Garten ospreys!

Then there was one........

Hello all, just a quick update on the ospreys.
This morning I arrived at work to the sound of silence. Over the past few weeks I have been accustomed to being welcomed to the site by a hungry juvenile osprey screeching away from the camera tree but this morning all was quiet. We think this might mean that our other two chicks (Millie and Druie) have left the site having last been seen yesterday morning.......


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 Post subject: Re: LOCH GARTEN, SCOTLAND ~ 2013-2014
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Loch Garten osprey diary - Rachel Coyle, 24 Aug 2014 1:16 PM

...But what a journey Seasca has made! As we expected she left the nest site around 13.00 GMT on 19 August and flew S. She was E of Loch Morlich around 13.30 GMT and then flew over the Grampians and crossed into Perth and Kinross at around 14.00 GMT. At around 16.00 GMT she flew over Bannockburn continuing in a southerly direction. At 17.00 GMT she was over New Stevenston, E of Glasgow finally coming to roost at 19.00 GMT in a farming area W of Coalburn in S Lanarkshire. She travelled 190 km on this day – not bad for a bird who had only flown 9 km over about 8 hours a few days before!

On 20 August Seasca made an early start again flying S. She passed over Glenbuch Loch on the Aryshire/S Lanarkshire border where she may have stopped for refuelling. At 09.00 GMT she was flying over the Irish Sea and passed over Douglas, Isle of Man. 12.00 GMT saw her crossing into Anglessey and at 15.00 GMT she crossed the coast again into Cardiganshire, W of New Quay. She again crossed the coast leaving Wales at 17.00 GMT E of Tenby and at around 18.45 GMT crossed into Devon, W of Bideford travelling SSW to roost overnight just N of Bodmin. Another mammoth flying day of 570 km!

She did not appear to be such an early riser on 21 August. At 07.00 GMT she crossed the coast E of St Austell, Cornwall into St Austell Bay and then flew across the English Channel. At 12.45 GMT she crossed the French coast near Kerrachen, Finisterre passing W of Plouvien at 13.00 GMT and at 13.30 GMT was over Brest before crossing the coast of France W of Plouhinec at around 15.15 GMT into the Baie D’audiene to start crossing the Bay of Biscay. She was still flying over the Bay at 21.00 GMT. Another great journey of 501 km.

Overall, Seasca has flown 1260 km since leaving the nest travelling at recorded speeds of 11-42 kph and altitudes of 24-94 m.
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 Post subject: Re: LOCH GARTEN, SCOTLAND ~ 2013-2014
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Not a good update

You've heard this opener from me before: You'd better sit down.....

I think you know what's coming, but why did it have to be so gut-wrenchingly soon?! Before our osprey season at Loch Garten is even over, it pains me to report that it's not looking good for one of our young ospreys, Seasca, the middle one of this year's Garten-Sisters .



The last recorded data point we had last Thursday was at 21.00 GMT 21 August when she was flying at an altitude of 110m over the Bay of Biscay with around 300 km still to go before achieving landfall on the Spanish mainland. The mere mention of The Bay I'm sure gives us all the jitters, and we, like you no doubt, have had an anxious weekend awaiting further news.



Our hope was that the opening title of this latest blog post would begin; Phew! She made it, but it is looking very much like she hasn't made it. The route across The Bay is a high risk journey. We know it can cut up rough out there and can be something of a Bermuda Triangle for migrant ospreys, and we fear it has claimed another.



The map below shows Seasca's route. Having flown over the coastal tip of France, what possessed her, the silly mare, to press on further that day, heading out into the Bay of Biscay?! At her last data point, she had already travelled 500 km that day, so with a further 300 km to go before reaching Spain, it would make for an 800 km-day of flight for her, a tall order for a young, inexperienced osprey.


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There is though, a glimmer of hope, but I repeat, just a mere glimmer. In the past our birds have often covered this distance. Alba for example flew over 500 km over the Bay of Biscay in August 2012 travelling overnight. But with no further data for Seasca, I'm afraid that we fear the worst.

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 Post subject: Re: LOCH GARTEN, SCOTLAND ~ 2013-2014
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However, we do have some data collection problems with Millicent (see below) and this just may be the situation with Seasca too. Mike has looked at the Argos site and there does not appear to be a problem with any of the satellites and there was certainly not an issue with satellite passes over Seasca’s last recorded location. However, the data download for Millicent is incomplete with lots of data missing 22 and 24 August. This is not unusual and usually it gets sorted at the next data download.

... It just may mean that Seasca’s download has also been affected by missing data, but seriously, honestly and with hand on heart, I suggest you don't hold your breath. The next data download on Thursday 28 August will clarify the situation, for sure.
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Thankfully there is better news concerning Millicent. She left the nest on Saturday 23 August around 11.00 GMT. At 13.00 GMT she was over the Grampians flying at 52 kph and 950 m altitude. She passed over Dundee, flew 5 km W of St Andrews and crossed the Firth of Forth before crossing the coast over N Berwick. She eventually came to roost E of Gavrald in E Lothian. Most of the data is missing for 24 August but we know she came to roost in woods 1.5 km N of Rowsley in Derbyshire. Let's hope that she continues on this more eastward route meaning she'll hopefully cross into France and avoid the osprey graveyard that appears to be the Bay of Biscay to the west.
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 Post subject: Re: LOCH GARTEN, SCOTLAND ~ 2013-2014
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As we thought........ 14 hours ago - by richard thaxton

Seasca is lost. There is no further data for her in the latest download so we must assume the worst that she has literally ‘sunk without trace’.

Her last recorded speed on 21 August was 25 kph so to reach landfall in N Spain would have taken around 12 hours (less if she speeded up) but still over 6 hours. We can only assume that she just got exhausted, landed on the sea and drowned. This would explain no satellite signal after 21 August.

Millicent's missing data for 24 August is now available so I have attached an image of her whole route from Loch Garten to the current location. She roosted on 26 August in S Wales.

The detail is as follows: At around 10.30 GMT on 24 August she passed into England just N of Catcleugh Reservoir, Northumberland where she may have had a refuelling stop. At 13.00 GMT she was W of Barnard Castle and crossed into S Yorkshire just after 15.00 GMT travelling S to pass between Bradford and Leeds before finally coming to roost at 19.00 GMT in woods N of Rowsley and E of Bakewell in Derbyshire. She travelled 310 km on this day.

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There is limited data for 25 August but she appears to have had a late start at 11.00 GMT travelling SSE. She may have spent some time exploring the River Derwent in the Matlock area. She may have only travelled 12 km or so during the day. On 26 August at 09.00 GMT she was travelling SSW from Cromford, Derbyshire passing over Birmingham and Ross on Wye before coming to roost at 19.00 GMT in woods on the Gloucestershire/Monmouthshire border, 6 km SSE of Monmouth. Millie travelled 170 km today and overall around 490 km for the three days. She has also reached some real heights of 1320 m and speeds of 41 kph!

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 Post subject: Re: LOCH GARTEN, SCOTLAND ~ 2013-2014
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Better news, and better luck...by richard thaxton

Not just better news, but fantastic new!

Millicent has made it to Spain - and having done so by crossing the Bay of Biscay! Compared to poor Seasca, luck was mercifully on Millie's side.

This is a huge relief to us all, I'm quite sure of that, but for the near-departing Team LG 2104, it's a massive relief. Since losing Seasca so soon, and before our season here was over, understandably we were despondent and very worried for Millie too. We took some comfort from her chosen more easterly route, fetching up in Derbyshire. We hoped that by continuing to head due south from there, this would drop her nicely down to the Channel coast and then make for a convenient, short, risk-averse sea crossing into France, then in time, surely down to Spain, before a likely short hop across the Strait of Gibraltar into Africa.

But oh no! Instead she chose to scare the living daylights out of us by veering more south-west from Derbyshire to the Gloucestershire/Monmouthshire border area. All a bit too far west for my liking, appearing as it did, to be tee-ing herself up also for a possible Bay of Biscay onward leg. I kept my thoughts on this from the team, and they no-doubt kept theirs from me, and each other, fearing for a risky crossing of the Bay, like Seasca.

Thankfully though, luck was on Millie's side, or maybe the weather was just more favourable out there for her at the time, than it was for Seasca, or simply that she took the sensible option of stopping for roosting mid-afternoon over the last few days to gather her strength, to brace herself for the next leg. This probably put her in good stead for what was a mammoth overnight flight across the Bay of Biscay.

On 27 August she flew some 170 km travelling W of Bridgewater, N Devon at 09.00 GMT, W of Exeter at 11.00 GMT where she stopped. She then flew S stopping again at 13.00 GMT W of Widecombe in the Moor before changing direction to a more southerly route coming to roost at 15.00 GMT in woods 2 km W of Buckfastleigh at the edge of the Dartmoor NP. She was close to water at the reservoir on the River Avon and a lake in Buckfastleigh.

She started early at 05.00 GMT on 28 August setting off in a SW direction towards Bigbury Bay, S Devon changing to a SE direction to fly over Salcombe before leaving the coast at 07.00 GMT to cross the English Channel. At 11.00 GMT she changed direction to S and crossed the French coast at around 12.30 GMT near Plouézec in the Côtes d’Amour region of Brittany. At 15.00 GMT she came to roost in a wooded area just N of Pleto having covered a total of 235 km for the day.

The 29 August was to see her complete an incredible journey of 635 km. She left early and flew S, perching at 09.00 GMT near a lake at Le Quélennec and may have also stopped at Le Blavel River which she passed over at around 15.00 GMT. At around 16.45 GMT she left France passing close to Quiberon before starting what turned out to be a 13 hour night flight over the Bay of Biscay! She initially headed for the short route to N Spain but at 21.00 GMT changed to a SW direction. She eventually arrived on the N Spain coast between Avilés and Candas at 05.00 GMT on 30 August.

At 07.00 GMT on 30 August she was perched a little distance further S then flew S over an industrial area of Avilés where there are some large bodies of water. The last downloaded data point had her flying S at 11.00 GMT over a mountainous region. Overall, Millie had flown around 1100 km over the last 3 days.

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Millie's latest moves.....richard thaxton, 3 Sep 2014 4:06 PM

It looks like we could be in for another roller coaster ride with Millie! She seems to be taking a similar route to Alba in 2012 and may be poised for a long or hopefully a short trip across the Atlantic to N W Africa. Alba did make the fantastic long trip of around 1200 km from Portugal to the Western Sahara between 28 and 29 August 2012. Millie seems to have visited several feeding spots over the last 3 days and has been going to bed relatively early so she should be fit for any journey.

The detail is as follows. We left Millie in N Spain at 11.00 GMT on 30 August. She was crossing the Cantabrian Mountains at 2580 m altitude at 13.00 GMT then flew SW over the Rio Boeza. She crossed into N Portugal’s Bragousa Region at around 15.30 GMT, traversing the Serra De Montesinho NP before coming to roost at 19.00 GMT in a wooded area E of Barrocas in the Vila Real Region. Overall, a journey of 300 km for the day.

On 31 August she set off around 07.00 GMT travelling SW. Around 09.00 GMT she crossed the large Rio Douro where she may have stopped for breakfast and entered the. At around 12.00 GMT she stopped for about 2 hours on the Rio Paiva, E of Arouca.. She roosted at 18.00 GMT in woodland on the E outskirts of Sever de Vouga. Today was a short stint of only 90 km.

Millie left the roost at around 06.00 GMT and at 08.00 GMT spent around 2 hours on the Rio Vouga for perhaps a breakfast stop. She stopped again at 18.00 GMT near a quarry with pools before coming to roost at 20.00 GMT in woodland on the NW outskirts of Abuxanus, Rio Maior Municipality having travelled 165 km for the day.

A slightly later start of 08.00 GMT on 2 September saw her travelling S 15 km from and parallel with the coast. At 12.00 GMT she flew over Lisbon and the Rio Tejo estuary and stopped just S near Sexal over a Rio Coina tidal estuary. She roosted in woodland 4 km N of Lagoa Albufeira and a large lake. The roost was less than 1 km from the coast. Today’s journey was a modest 90 km making a total of 645 km for the last 3 days.

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Millicent in Mauritania....by richard thaxton

Just a wee blog-ette with the latest on Millie.

After her long flight on 4 September, Millie had a relatively late start at 08.00 GMT on 5 September and headed SSSW reaching altitudes up to 1200m en route. She finally came to roost in the Western Sahara, S Morocco at 18.00 GMT having travelled 415 km or so.

She left the roost early on 6 September flying S stopping at 08.00 GMT. At 12.00 GMT she crossed the Tropic of Cancer and changed direction to SSW. At 16.00 GMT she crossed the border into Mauritania travelling at an altitude of 1890m. By 20.00 GMT she was at roost 40 km NW of Akjoujt, a copper mining town and capital of the Inchiri region. She again travelled a great distance of 530 km.

September 7 was a more modest day with her only travelling 275 km. She left the roost at 08.00 GMT travelling SW towards the coast. When she was near the coast at 16.00 GMT she turned SSSE passing E of Nouakchott on the way to her roost 30 km SE of the town in the Trarza region. Over the last three days she has travelled over 1200 km.

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