To the New Forest

At 11am she was near Macclesfield and by 7pm she was perched close to the mouth of the River Beaulieu and then roosted in a wood just north of the river mouth. 199 miles today

To the Channel coast – 10th August

 

On to South Yorkshire

At 9am she was at a loch just SW of Methven; at 11am near Loch Leven and t 1pm she wasnear Penicuik, south of Edinburgh. At 3pm she wasa heading for the English Border at Kielder Forest and by 7pm she settled to roost in  awood near Grimethorpe in south Yorkshire.

August 9th – 218 miles

Beatrice starts autumn migration

This morning Beatrice went to the River Findhorn, possibly to fish as by midday she was heading south on her migration. At 2om she was at LochMuick, east of Lochnagar, as usual avoiding an over flight of the Cairngorm mountains. She flew down to Alyth and then SW to Methven in Perthshire where she roosted in a tree in a clear fell after a flight of 99 miles.  August 8th - first day's migration

At home

Beatrice has fledged two young and she has spent the whole of last ten days around the nest site with her chicks. Excellent result in this summer of nearly perpetual rain and cold.

At home

Beatrice has been close to home for last two weeks, her two chicks are getting bg and may be flying within a week

Two young growing

Beatrice is rearing two young – she is around the nest all the time, except at 5 PM on 23rd June when she flew to Loch Dallas

Young but not sure how many

Beatrice has young, think two but not sure because the weather has been so wet that usually she is crouching over them to keep them dry

Looking after chicks

Beatrice has hatched but as yet we do not know how many young. She had a 2 km flight from the nest at 5pm on 23rd May.

Incubation proceeding

She has been sitting through some pretty awful cold wet weather but all OK; just one longer flight of 500 metres from the nest and back on 30th April.

Incubating

Good to see Beatrice incubating when I checked the nest this morning.