2021 -
03 August 2021 00.57 - First egg for the season
06 August 2021 03:27 - Second egg for the season
09 August 2021 07.42 - Third egg of the season
13 September 2021 23.03 - 1st chick hatches - 41 days incubation
14 September 2021 02.30 - 2nd chick hatches - 39 days incubation.
16 September 2021 00.51 - 3rd chick hatches - 38 days incubation.
The eldest was called Ervie, named after the area in Scotland where our Environment Minister, David Speirs MP, was raised. Next was Bazza, named after Barry Hockaday, who works tirelessly to help protect these Osprey and the youngest was named Falky, after Ian Falkenberg, the man responsible for the banding and tracking of all of our Osprey.
7 Nov 2021 The 3 chicks were banded and a satellite tracker was attached to Ervie. He has stayed in the Port Lincoln area, not venturing very far from the barge.
All fledged: Ervie 14 November, Falky 15 November and Bazza 21 November
2022 - Ervie is seen regularly fishing around Port Lincoln.
Bazza was last seen on 9 January 2021 when he left the nest
2022.01.19 - Falky was photographed south of Port Augusta, hovering and catching a fish.
Port Lincoln Osprey - composed by Gtr Kitarr from the Netherlands