The Ospreys are back !!

The link for Dyfi in Wales

http://www.dyfiospreyproject.com/live-streaming

Rutland Water 

http://www.ospreys.org.uk/webcam/

Oneputt, thanks for further links. Have just seen birds at 3 nest sites though still only nest at Lock Garten.  Saw BBC News had a short feature yesterday at Cumbrian site.  Hopefully breeding will be successful for all.

EJ  is  strutting  her  stuff  at  Loch  Garten  now.  One  egg  laid,  but,  by  and  large,  its  being  totally  ignored  I  think.  The  old  girl  does  not  seem  to  be  attracting  many  'boy  friends'  now  and  those  that  do  pop  around  don't  seem  to  understand  what  to  do  !!

And  that  means  treat  the  lady  to  a  few  decent  sized  trout  for  starters.  Main  Course  &  pud  could  be  more  of  the  same 

Via links this am had brief glimpse of 1 egg @ Dyfi nest and 2 eggs @ Rutland water.  Birds on nests at the 2 other sites.

Two  eggs  now  at  Loch  Garten,  but  a  very  immature  male  --  Think  he's  still  reading  the  HandBook   !!

We went to the Foulshaw Moss site this morning. The viewing platform is about a mile from the nest site, but we still had great views of the ospreys. One bird on the nest, the other flying over before landing on the nest.

Very friendly helpful wardens on duty, with telescope set up on the nest. Binoculars also free to borrow for those without them.

Called in at nearby Leighton Moss on the way home, raining quite heavily by then so ended up rather wet!

Good day all round. 😊

 Via the link to Dyfi camera in Wales have just read the info about the naming of Blue3J who will now be Telyn - Welsh word for Harp. Hope all goes well at the nest site.

Just saw 2 chicks via Rutland Water webcam link.  Hope things go OK.

When we're in France in March/April we regularly see Ospreys over the Etang at Leucate and wonder if any of these are 'our' Ospreys.  I've just been watching the first of this year's Glaslyn chicks hatching in a record time!  Hope he/she turns out to be a very strong bird with many years of of osprey life.

Closer to home we're watching 'our' blue tit, who for the third year running has been using our nest box, and she and her partner (new this year) are currently feeding their newly hatched brood.  She has a very distinctive feather pattern.  We haven't looked to see how many chicks there are because we don't want to disturb tham. 

She was widowed last year, half-way through breeding, and tried desperately to feed her chicks on her own - but sadly only one fledged and my OH had to remove the five others, but she's nested again in the same box this year!  Hopefully this year will be more successful.