The Ospreys are back !!

I think it’s more a case of ‘they could nest with impunity’ given a fighting chance from ‘us’. We have pushed too many species to towards extinction and some to extinction in the UK through ‘our’ own selfish actions. The Osprey projects are a fantastic example of what can be done. Red Kites, Beavers, White Tailed Eagles, Storks and Cranes too. Many more species and their habitats, both flora and fauna could be included in our efforts. What I find mystifying is that a couple of decades ago there was real hope for our rivers. Now we hear almost daily about the appalling state of the vast number of our rivers, these being pretty much all polluted to death with excrement and deliberate or thoughtless chemical waste.  

Latest update from around the nests.

Aylth, 2nd egg at 09:03 on 18th, 3rd on 21st.

Dyfi, 3rd egg at 06:05 on 18th.

Foulshaw, 3rd egg on 21st,

Glaslyn, 1st egg at 18:08 on 22nd,

Kielder,  Nest No.4, 2nd egg on 19th, 3rd at 15:30 on 21st; Nest No.5, 1st at 19:47 on 22nd; Next No.7, 3rd on 20/21st.

Loch Arkaig, 3rd egg at 02:26 on 20th.

Loch Garten, 1st egg at 10:47 on 21st, 2nd at 14:06 on 24th.

Loch of the Lowes, 2nd egg at 10:53 on 21st, 3rd at 20:47 on 23rd.

Poole Harbour, 2nd egg at 12:21 on 18th, 3rd at 14:22 on 21st, 4th st 19:15 on 24th.

There is also a second nest with a pair of Ospreys which has been spotted at Threaves!

Another update 

Glaslyn, 2nd egg at 12:44 on 25th, 3rd egg at 08:07 on 28th

Kielder Nest 5A, 2nd egg at about 20:39 on 26th, 3rd egg at 13:57 on 28th

Loch Garten, 3rd egg at 13:05 on 27th

Tweed Valley Nest 2, 3 eggs laid as of 28th.

Nellie.......................your a star thanks for the info

Thanks ADP. I think that most of the nests that are being filmed and/or monitored have their full compliment of eggs now. It will be the wait now for them to hatch, although there could well be some untoward occurrences, which I will post it they result in egg/parent loss. 

Just watched last night’s Countryfile. Fabulous piece about the Rutland ospreys and that wonderful matriarch Maya, what a star. Well worth viewing this episode, a very informative series and a gem from the BBC.

Once again Nellie thank you.

ADP, it has been a dramatic day at both LotL and Loch Garten. At the former, the male, Laddie, has now been missing from the nest for nearly 4 days and his partner has been harassed by an intruder. She has left the nest occasionally, mostly for short comfort breaks but she may have managed to catch a fish, as she must be famished by now. She is sitting on 3 eggs and trying to protect them.

At Loch Garten it appears that an intruder KL5, who was also around last year, has chased the male Brodie away from the nest, has had multiple attempts to mate with the resident female, and when she left the nest he landed and ejected the 3 eggs. Should she now pair up with him there may yet be time  for them to produce eggs and rear chicks, but it is getting rather late in the season for that.We

I was fortunate today to see one of the Ospreys at a nest on Loch Insh take off and circle before settling back down on their nest. However there was not much other activity while we were there, but fingers crossed for a bit more action tomorrow at Boat of Garten.

It seems it is all going on Nellie, Laddie needs to face up to his responsibilities. Our feathered friends are using the Big Cat dynamics of life by the sound of it. I love the set up at Loch Garten and have been there on 3 occasions, but living in Herefordshire it is a long haul for us 730 miles and so use closer sites. I live close to lakes that Osprey nesting sites have been installed from1990, but so far have not been used. I was an area sales Rep/Manager for Redland/Lafarge who owned the quarries and they became worked out and so transformed them into a nature reserve and gifted to the Council. A fabulous Wildlife Centre now but alas no Osprey residents as yet,but I remain hopeful it will happen before my time is up. Nellie once again thank you.

ADP - If they were quarries did the Nature reserve owners stock the quarries with fish? I'm assuming so otherwise why try to attract Ospreys but it was my first thought.