Banding was taking place at the same time as the rescue at Rutland. Two big events in Bird World!
Annie and Archie have two boys and two girls this year. The bander said they are all in good health. There will be a Q & A on YouTube this afternoon at noon nest time.
For everyone that watches Maya and Blue 33 and are grateful for the quick intervention by Rutland Water to save their only chick this year when it got flung out of the nest cup by a live fish, please message their FaceBook page and tell them. That is: Rutland Water Nature Reserve. This was a quick and positive intervention that saved the osplets life.
I went to the UK as a Commonwealth Scholar in 1990 and received my PhD from the University of Leicester in 1993. After three decades of university teaching, I retired to devote my time to the study of raptor behaviour. I am particularly interested in Ospreys and am working on a long term project on third hatch survival and siblicide in these raptors. My blog is a result of a fascination with my local wildlife and the desire to encourage others to love and care for birds! I live on the Canadian Prairies and prior to the pandemic travelled a lot. I am questioning the use of aviation fuel at the moment as we all strive to help our planet. My early research was in politics and art including British public statues exported to Southeast Asia and Vietnam Resistors that contributed much to Canadian ceramics. Books and articles were published on those subjects over a period of 3 decades. Now I am working on books for children so they can learn about the challenges our raptors face.
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Thanks for this Mary Ann! I missed it
Linda