I joined this group in mid october when I was asked by one reader of the blog whether there was more up to date imagery of the area where the young Osprey Nethy was being tracked. Two chicks from Loch Garten were being tracked on their first migration south. Sadly Deshar had been lost in the Atlantic so all hope rests on the second, Nethy.

At the time I appeared to have bad news for Nethy. The first images I posted (on the 13th Oct) were from 9th October 2008. The area where Nethy was had been cloudy for some days so I had to go back to the 9th Oct 08 to find a clear view.

The first is a NOAA 18 view (slightly compressed) with a yellow dot signifying the approximate area we are interested in. Because this may not show up smaller expanses of water I have placed a link to a MODIS image I retrieved from the NASA Rapid Response System archive. This is a 250m resolution image and the coordinates given appear to show dry wadis and no evidence of water. There are salt beds in the region but given their reflectivity I assume they are dry or too salty to support fish.

We now know that Nethy made it safely to northern Senegal and seems to be settling into winter quarters.