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Late Thursday in Bird World

16 July 2026

Hello Everyone,

We woke up to 18°C and rain. It was wonderful. I wish I could send this rain to Scotland, where wildfires are threatening the wildlife near Loch Garten, Loch Doon, and the Cairngorms.

This will be a quick run-through of some nests with issues! Some strange ones. But first…’The Last Osprey. In August, I will receive a Zoom meeting link for a special showing and discussion that I can invite you to, but for now, Heidi has sent me the link to Part I. I suggest that you not only watch our beloved ospreys but also have a box of tissues handy. As you know, I love these fish-eating raptors, and I just had to go in my room and shut the door. This is tragic. Please note: Click on “Watch with Ads”. There is no other way to watch it, and it helps with revenue, so be patient.

https://redcoraluniverse.com/en/details/movies/the-last-ospreys-part-1

The Wetlands Institute: Heidi has been monitoring this nest since the arrival of the osprey and provides the following information on it and South Cape May: “The chick at Wetlands attacks Dad too.  Dad brought in a fish at 12:10, but the chick attacked, and Dad flew off with the fish, and hasn’t been back.

The most recent time Mom was able to feed was two days ago. She was very tentative, but fed the chick some bites, and this went on for 3 minutes. Then all of a sudden the chick attacked her.

But, both Wetlands and South Cape May are suffering from lack of fish for the past couple of days.  

At Cape May, Hera has not been seen for two days.  Zeus dropped off 2 fish yesterday, one of which the chick couldn’t eat. Neither parent has been seen yet today.”

You may recall that last year the adults began to abandon their nests once fish was not plentiful enough. It is going to be a very ‘tough’ year emotionally as the last of the ospreys perish.

Problems at Ferguson Museum as well.

Thank you to Heidi and Pam Breci for contacting Bobby Horvath and the DEC to try and get some help for the chick entangled in fishing line for some time at the PSEG osprey platform at Oyster Bay. Heidi sent videos and neither – along with many others – quite phoning.

You can make a difference. Do not give up. This chick would have died without this intervention.

A welcome fish.

The camera at the Port of Ridgefield has been hit by lightning and will not be operational again this season. Reports say the ospreys are fine and have been seen flying around.

The camera has been down at Osoyoos for several days, but it is back up. It has been very hot. We still have one surviving osplet. How wonderful, but this nest needs fish badly.

At Glaslyn:

At Poole, 6T7 has returned to the nest after fledgling. All are home wanting more fish with DJ7 on the pole calling to Blue 022 to bring more and more fish.

Geemeff’s Woodland Trust daily summary for Loch ArkaigWednesday 15th July 2026

Louis’ day started at 04.58 with fish one and ended at 22.58 with fish three, which was a very long day with only three fish deliveries. Perhaps he was busy seeing off intruders, like the one who caused Dorcha to react furiously when it came close enough to be caught on nest cam. Or perhaps the fish went deep due to the heat, temperatures reported to have got as high as 31.2ºC at Loch Arkaig, not the 27°C which was forecast for the area. Whatever the reason, those three fish take the Nest Two tally to two hundred and eighty seven, and Garry LV0’s one delivery to Aurora 536 takes the Nest One tally to one hundred and sixty six. Tonight’s forecast is for partly cloudy and light winds overnight with a low of 14°C, and the high temperatures will continue tomorrow with full sunshine and a high of 28°C.

Today’s videos

https://youtu.be/jguTqwcpBiw N2 Everyon’s ready for breakfast when Louis brings fish one 04.58.10https://youtu.be/9osmYn42dfc N2 Dorcha reacts furiously to an intruder 13.23.44https://youtu.be/NaYFyE3_mr8 N2 Tug of trout as Juniper tries to take fish two from Dorcha 15.36.31https://youtu.be/hjxJHjlqt-4 N1 Aurora arrives at the same time as Garry and grabs fish one 19.18.37 https://youtu.be/HBUFHA0j-M8 N2 Louis finally turns up with a third fish 22.58.22

You’re invited to join the lively community at Woodland Trust’s Osprey forum, it’s friendly, free and everyone’s welcome:

https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/trees-woods-and-wildlife/osprey-cam

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Thank you for being with us. There is lots and lots happening. I will be with you again tomorrow for a check on some other nests. Take care! Be safe.

Thank you to Heidi, PB, and Geemeff for all you do, and to all the others who posted information and images on FB, thank you. We are always grateful to the owners of the streaming cam! And to the folks who created The Last Osprey – that was tough to make, but maybe your message will make a difference before it is too late.

Grafs feeds his storklings

It is so nice to wake up and have some positive news after the last week of Osprey sadness. Between the two Ospreys near to fledging being euthanized so a light bulb could be replaced and the issues surrounding Malin’s fledge, well, it has been a week of frustration. However, I was so delighted to see that there is some hope for the Black storklings!

At 10:43 on 22 August, after a period of 44-46 hours, Grafs, the male adult at the Sigulda Black Stork Nest returned to feed his storklings. All of the storklings have now fledged. When Grafs arrived only one was on the nest.

While White Storks will feed their fledglings off the nest, it is unclear whether this is the case with Black Storks. The one – starving storkling on the nest – hit the jackpot and got lots of fish. Then a second flew in and there were fish left. The last did not get food but two of the storklings had crops for the first time in ages!

Amanda caught this on video:

This takes away the fear that Grafs had left the storklings and begun his migration! That is wonderful news. It is possible that he had to travel some distance to find this amount of food. We will wait patiently for his next delivery and hope, at the same time, that both Grafs and the storklings might find the feeder. This surely has to bring some relief to my Latvian friends.

In Estonia, Karl II remains near to the nest. His mate left long ago for her migration as have his three children. The transmitter reading for each shows they are all traveling southward.

Jan has arrived at his nest in Jergova County in Estonia to feed his three storklings shortly after 9 am on 22 August.

The storklings of Jan and Janika are beginning to hover and jump. It feels like such a relief that the storklings were fed. Hopefully Jan will return later with more small fishes or some larger ones for the three.

Osprey stuck for 2 days on the top of the Cottonwood Tree entangled in fishing line. This is really getting to feel like a DVD stuck in the player.

A Place Called Hope did the rescue! If I ever come back in another life as a raptor and am injured or entangled, please let me be found and taken to either A Place Called Hope or the Cape Wildlife Centre. They give 200% and aren’t afraid of a challenge!

The Scottish Wildlife Trust has announced today that LR1, the oldest fledgling of Laddie and NC0, left for its migration on 15 August 2021 ahead of the adult female. They waited a week to be sure. This is NC0’s second breeding season and she has surprised many with her fishing skills and her independent attitude. No one has yet has established what her particular behaviour is surrounding migration. In the history of the Loch of the Lowes Osprey nest, a fledgling leaving before the female has only happened once. Normally, the females leave 2-4 weeks prior. The experts at Scottish Wildlife feel that LR1, the female, was very confident and “she just felt it was the right time to go.” A short video clip was made of the last time LR1 was seen.

This is one of the best short documentaries on Peregrine Falcons featuring Annie and Grinnell at the U of California, Berkeley. It goes through all the stages from beginning to fledge. Just fantastic. Guaranteed to put a smile on your face and to get you ready for both the Collins Street and Xavier and Diamond kids.

The wind is blowing in Cumbria but that doesn’t stop Tiny Little, Blue 463, from screaming at dad that she wants a fish ———- and she wants it NOW! Blue 463 is definitely a female.

She flew down to the nest from the perch in anticipation.

And off she went chasing White YW!

Tiny Little you make me smile every time I see you. Go girl, get that fish!

Thank you for joining me today. I have no news of Malin. When I do I will share it with you. Take care. Be safe.

Thanks to the following for their streaming cams where I took my screen shots: The Cumbria Wildlife Trust and the Foulshaw Moss Osprey Nest, The Eagle Club of Estonia, and The Latvian Fund for Nature. Thank you to A Place Called Hope for the image from their FB feed.