The Ospreys are back !!

Once again Nellie thank you. I would love a pair to stumble on a perfect nesting spot that is available at the Bodenham Wildlife Centre it has a 5* rating and the menu would be excellent also..............we think. But that is the problem what we think doesn't matter tt's what they think ,like the Robin that built his nest in the garden in a bush beside a nest box that was built for Robins.

Drove past the Dyfi Osprey Project centre today, had hoped to call in but the car park looked full. They seem to be doing a sterling job mind and an asset to spreading the message and these birds. May make it back sometime soon mind.

https://www.dyfiospreyproject.com/

I have just come across this article about "Laddie", the LotL Osprey found dead earlier this month.

https://raptorpersecutionuk.org/2024/05/20/update-on-death-of-osprey-laddie-from-loch-of-the-lowes-reserve-in-perthshire/

Excellent news this morning, first chick hatches at Dyfi and second egg looks likely to produce any moment!👍👏

Yes good news, and those watchers at Threaves believe there are at least a chick in one, if not both, of the nests there. Hopefully we will see them later next month when we visit.

At Dyfi the second egg hatched today at 07:37. There are hatches of the first egg at the Alyth nest, either late yesterday or early this morning, and at Loch Arkaig at 06:17 today.

It looks as if there is a new male taking up with NC0 at Loch of the Lowes so hopefully they will form a pair for next season, and although a similar situation is happening at Loch Garten the new male (KL5 aka Klive), who chased away the resident male, Brodie, is not yet doing the best he can to ensure that Asha will accept him.

Further updates :-

There was a second egg hatched in the same day at Loch Arkaig, at 22:25 yesterday

There is a report from Keilder of a chick being heard, but not seen, today in Nest 7, and at Poole the first egg hatched at 07:44 today.

Saw the Poole chick on this evening's local news great to see and 3 more eggs to hatch.

That’s good news RedKite, do you happen to know what these Poole birds are predominantly feeding on? I was reading an article about Ospreys abroad where much of their diet is course and saltwater fish. Apparently many course fish come to the surface in the spring and early summer to spawn making them then most susceptible to predation. The ospreys time their breeding to match this it seems.

I would imagine they feed on fish in the local area.

I know that the Ospreys that were around the Brenne when I saw them earlier this year and they were feeding on the local lakes so a variety of fish even smaller carp which is a local fish and also that fish is used in local restaurants as well.