Wildlife Blog 15th June 2011
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Events from the nest: Our famous osprey pair are still continuing with incubation duties. It is now 15 days since the last of the three eggs was expected to hatch. …
Species profile – Common seal (Phoca vitulina)
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At low tide the mudflats of Montrose Basin are a safe haven for between 10-20 seals each day. The seals, which are almost always common seals, also known as harbour …
Wildlife Blog 14th June 2011
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Good afternoon all, Events at the nest today: Another average day for our osprey pair today, with incubation behaviour taking place as usual. The male brought in a fish at …
Falcon feeding eyasse on near pine tree
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The eyasses have mainly been sitting in the pine trees on the other side of the gorge from the peregrine watch. They get a good viewpoint from up there and …
Wildlife Blog 13th June 2011
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Good afternoon all, Events at the nest today: Today has been a fairly uneventful one for our osprey pair. At several point during the day our pair have switched places, …
Wildlife Blog 11th June 2011
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Good afternoon all, Events at the nest today: At 09:05am this morning, the male arrived back at the nest with a large fish which was then taken away by the …
What’s your favourite bird?
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As I am trying to write several posts for the blog before I head off on holiday, I thought I would cheat a bit and use various social networking sites …
Close up views of the fledglings around the nest site.
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Yesterday after the eyasses fledged we had some great views of them around the peregrine watch. The falcon flew in yesterday with a starling and fed the eyasses in the …
Wildlife Blog 10th June 2011
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Good afternoon all, Events at the nest today: An average day on the nest today for our osprey pair, with both birds taking turns at incubation duty as normal. At …
The eyasses have fledged the eyrie this morning
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There was great excitement at the peregrine watch this morning as one eyasse had already fledged when I arrived at 9.30am. I looked at the overnight recording and it flew …