2020 – Three eggs were laid. 11th, 14th & 17th August 2020. All three eggs hatched. 20th, 21st & 24th September 2020.
The first born was named Solly after Fran Solly from Take 2 Photography who supplies most of the great still photos you see on the Port Lincoln Osprey Facebook page.
The second born was named Dew, after the Department of Environment & Water as without their help we would never have received permission to band/ring last season’s chicks and also satellite track 2 chicks from 2020.
The last born, 3 days after the second Osprey, we have called Taps, named after Graham Tapley. Without his help we wouldn’t have the camera on the nest at Thistle Island – and also because he has a twin sister – but he was born three days after her. Unfortunately Taps died at 18 days old. There were 7 fish brought to the nest the previous day but the two older chicks didn’t allow him to feed well.
2020.11.06 - Solly and Dew were both banded.. Solly has had a Satellite Tracker placed on her so we will be able to monitor where she goes to for up to 4 years.
2020.11.24 - Solly took her first flight today. She made increasingly longer flights from the barge around the small bay before looking further around Port Lincoln.
2020.12.03 - Dew took his first flight today and has not been sighted since he left the area. We are still hopeful somebody will report seeing an Osprey with a Maroon leg band as he was in good condition when he left the barge.
2021.02.21 - Solly left the Port Lincoln area and headed south along Proper Bay, past Coffin Bay and headed inland to Lock before heading back to the coast to Port Kenny. She then headed off to Streaky Bay where she spent several weeks, making her home in a tree in the Streaky Bay Hospital, much to the delight of the locals. She then headed to Eba Anchorage and apart from a few short trips further west but mainly back to Streaky Bay, she has remained at Eba Anchorage.
2021.09.12 - Solly is still happily fishing at Eba Anchorage.
2021.11.13 - Solly was found dead at the base of a power pole on Bauer Rd Streaky Bay. An autopsy showed she had been electrocuted. Her tracker had stopped moving so we put out a call and her last position and she was found within 30minutes
Port Lincoln Osprey - composed by Gtr Kitarr from the Netherlands