Chick number two!
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At 00:22 we got the first glimpse of chick number two in the nest! A hole in the egg was noticed yesterday at 14:01 although it did not appear to …
A family of 4 for now…
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With our second chick hatching at 00:22 this morning it has had a much nicer start than its sibling did, experiencing blue sky and sunshine only hours after first emerging! …
Video footage of our growing osprey family
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Amid all of the excitement of the last 48 hours we’ve managed to capture some brilliant video footage of our new arrivals which I’m very pleased to be able to …
Our second chick is on its way!
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As if we didn’t have enough good news and excitement yesterday, we have just spotted a hole in the shell of our second egg!! The little one could just be …
First fish for our new chick!
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After an anxious 29 hour wait, our chick finally got its first taste of fish at 19:44 this evening! Fifteen minutes beforehand, our volunteers spotted the male flying overhead with a large …
Egg Hatching No. 1??
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Could it be that the first of our osprey eggs is beginning to hatch? As we are now within the potential egg hatching period we are keeping a very close …
Let the hatching begin!
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At 05:22 this morning we managed to get our first glimpse of our suspected cracked egg in daylight, and were delighted to see a very small hole in the egg shell! …
Hatching update…
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As many of you may have realised, the hatching of osprey chicks can take a very long time! We have been watching the nest very closely today after the first …
Our first chick has finally hatched!!
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After an anxious 12 hours watching and waiting as the crack in the shell got slowly bigger and bigger, our first chick of the season finally hatched out at 15:18 …
Male brings in chick’s first fish
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After a long wait since our first chick hatched this afternoon, the male finally returned to the nest mid evening with a fish. He raised our hopes early this evening …