Short-eared Owl
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The best thing about watching wildlife is the way it throws up un-usual sightings, even in areas you see almost every day. This sighting of a Short-eared owl from the …
Whats the date again?
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After last weekends fiasco with the missing falcon. Its the tiercel who is keeping me guessing this week. Despite it being June tomorrow, a month when we would normally be …
Osprey Diary Thurs 30th May
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Still we wait, and wait. We have not yet given up hope for osprey eggs hatching at this nest this year, contrary to some newspaper reports. Whilst egg number one …
Osprey Diary Wed 29th May
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Another day of waiting, and waiting, and waiting for our osprey chicks to hatch. As you can tell if you have been watching the webcam, we have been examining the …
Long-Awaited Re-tern
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Common Terns have finally made their long-awaited ‘re-tern’ (oh dear!) today. 35 Terns have been seen flying around and settling on the raft, but only after dive bombing and chasing off the …
Osprey Dairy Tuesday 28th May
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The wait for hatching goes on……. Yes we are all biting our nails here too. Yes we are concerned the eggs may have failed after they were left exposed during …
Monday morning blues or ruby slippers?
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After yesterdays blog post I continued to look for the missing falcon until at 21:50, still no joy. I left the devoted tiercel still incubating, now getting on for 9 …
Wildlife Diary Monday 27 May
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by Lindsey It’s been nice weather for ducks today but not for Ospreys and our female did a mammoth incubation session today for almost 9 hours keeping those precious eggs …
Single parent
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Its been another busy few days here at the peregrine watch, I finally found a break from all the sun soaked visitors to tell you about the peregrines and I …
Wildlife Diary Sunday 26th May
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by Lindsey Still no chicks here and no sign of hatching yet. As well as examining the eggs every time one of the adults stands up we are also watching for …