RED 08
HATCHED 2001, ONE OF TWELVE BIRDS TRANSLOCATED TO RUTLAND WATER THAT YEAR.
2001 (Red-ringed birds)
Extract from Rutland Ospreys Website, Taken from the Wayback Machine/
“Again 12 young Ospreys were translocated from Scotland.
U01 Male. Migrated 31/8.
U02 Male. Migrated 28/8.
U03 Female. Migrated 27/8. Probably perished in central Sahara where it arrived less than 18 days after leaving Rutland Water.
U04 Female. Migrated on 23/8. Its body was recovered from a beach on Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, on 12/9.
U05 Male. Migrated 27/8.
U06 Female. Migrated on 3/9. Spent the winter and following spring near Lisbon, Portugal ( most unusual). Then moved north through the UK in June 2002 until transmissions ceased near St Abbs Head. She unexpectedly returned to Rutland Water in April 2003, having shed the transmitter as intended. She bred at a nest site away from the reservoir with the five-year old male 03(98) and raised two chicks.
U07 Male. Migrated on 27/8.
U08 Male. Migrated on 31/8. ( this is RED 08)
U09 Male. Migrated on 25/8.
U10 Male. Migrated on 27/8. Reached eastern Atlas mountains, Morocco by 8/9.
U11 Male. Migrated on 26/8.
U12 Male. Migrated on 27/8.
During 2003 one, or possibly two, red-ringed males were seen several times at Rutland water, but on no occasion could the ring numbers be made out.
In addition in 2001, ring number 13 was used on the first Rutland-bred juvenile. (Pictured below)
RED 13
Size suggested that it may have been female, but no DNA testing was carried out. Its father was 03(97) and its mother an unringed adult female.
The chick fledged on 30 July 2001 and was last seen at the nest site on 30 August”
A lucky escape for red 08
In January 2007 we heard about the lucky escape of the most recent translocated Osprey to return to Rutland. We later received some more details and pictures of the bird’s escape from a netted fish pond near Farnham in Essex, two months before it arrived at Rutland last year.
James continued the storyOnce we had found a suitable location along a mature hedge/tree line I took the bird out of the box and proceeded to get it to step up onto a branch where I was sure it would sit until dark… However to our surprise and delight, as I released my grip on its legs it flew directly past us and away it went. It climbed up and onto the thermals and it rose effortlessly climbing higher and higher and drifted away out of sight. How spectacular to witness such a beautiful bird flying off into its natural environment and how privileged we felt to have been a part of the whole experience.The next time 08 was recorded was when it arrived at Rutland Water two months later. After a five-year absence, 08(01) one of the youngsters who was translocated in 2001 had returned for the first time. The account of that return is here.After red 08’s first appearance on Lax Hill he was seen regularly through the summer. He spent time trying to build his own nest and then took over a territory of another male 06(00) after that bird left in early September. (Picture and details)Red 08 flew south on 23 September – hopefully avoiding Farnham!
08 (01) is a son of the Norwegian( Norwegian Hatched near Oslo 1992) and sibling of Green 05, Green SK and Yellow HA (?) His wife was his niece Yellow 30.
Breeding Male at Rutland Water Site K 2009-2012, paired with,
Yellow 30(05). Hatched at Rutland Water Site B in 2005, her parents were White 03(97) and Green 05(00)
Red 08(01) and Yellow 30(05) raised 2 chicks in 2009 Blue 08 and 09, one chick in 2010 Blue 10, 3 chicks in 2011 Blue 14, 40 and 51. in there last year they raised two chicks Blue 5F and 7F. Blue 5F will Have her own page.
Photographs and Story Courtesy of https://www.facebook.com/groups/OspreyWebcamGroup
Thanks to Tiger and Chloe for the information, and the time they have devoted.
Hope you are all looking forward to the new season.
JK
