May 2008 - Posts
Friday, 30 May 2008
3rd Chick update
Posted by davidgascoigne
The third chick is looking quite strong.... It has had several feeds now, including two this morning ...one at 4.15 and another at 7.15. The weather at the moment is cold and wet so EJ is currently sitting tight on the chicks and keeping them warm and...
Thursday, 29 May 2008
Three is the magic number
Posted by davidgascoigne
Third chick has arrived..... don't know when the event actually happened, all I know is that we had an intact egg at 22.12 last night and when she went on an exercise flight at 10.31 this morning the egg shell was broken and three chicks were on the...
Wednesday, 28 May 2008
We have sound again
Posted by davidgascoigne
Apologies for the lack of service overnight and first thing this morning.... the system was closed down so that we could finally get to the bottom of the sound problem. Hopefully you now have sound, I know we do here on our PC. As for the birds, a fish...
Tuesday, 27 May 2008
Second Chick update
Posted by davidgascoigne
As with the first chick I wanted to see the second chick being fed before reporting on its well being. Since it hatched out of its shell yesterday afternoon it has been fed three times, twice yesterday and once this morning. Both chicks are looking quite...
Monday, 26 May 2008
12.15...... Our second chick appears
Posted by davidgascoigne
Just to let you all know, the second egg has hatched. The chick is still awaiting it's first feed but I am sure it wont be too long. Update later.........
Sunday, 25 May 2008
Our first chick is fit and well
Posted by davidgascoigne
Firstly, apologies for not updating last night as promised.... I wanted to wait until the chick had been fed a couple of times before reporting anything. Those of you who are familiar with last year's events will know that our first two chicks both...
Saturday, 24 May 2008
Breaking News......... First egg hatches
Posted by davidgascoigne
Enough said for now...... It happened at 9am this morning. I will update the blog with a full report later today....
Thursday, 22 May 2008
For Your Information
Posted by davidgascoigne
The usual updated blog will be written some time in the next few days.... this entry is merely information for our many viewers and readers. Firstly, the sound issue...... We are aware that there are problems with the sound from the nest, we are trying...
Monday, 19 May 2008
Three eggs, two fish, and an intruder!
Posted by clairefoot
Three eggs, two fish and an intruder...these are the things that have been getting us all very excited here at the Osprey Centre over the weekend. The three eggs really do not need an explanation, except to say that we are all getting very excited about...
Wednesday, 14 May 2008
A fishy tale....
Posted by keeleyspate
Avid blog readers will no doubt know all about Orange VS' questionable fishing abilities. However, on Monday, we were delighted to see that he brought EJ in two fish - one in the morning, before we opened, and another at 17:40. Having also fed her...
Sunday, 11 May 2008
Saucy......
Posted by davidgascoigne
Apologies for the title but when we had an intruding bird with the leg ring "HP" landing on the nest I simply couldn't resist. Yes, that is right, yet another intruder. This 3 year old female landed on the camera post just above the nest...
Sunday, 11 May 2008
Questions, Answers and Information
Posted by davidgascoigne
Many thanks for all of your comments on the blogs so far. I think it is about time that some of the questions and speculations were answered. Before I answer the questions raised I thought I would give you some information on our birds and a little bit...
Friday, 9 May 2008
All quiet at the moment
Posted by davidgascoigne
It is ironic that in the week that "Henry the Navigator" found his way home in the 2000 Guineas at Newmarket we at Loch Garten have come to the conclusion that our Henry will not be coming back. Some people are still holding out for a miracle...
Sunday, 4 May 2008
Who was that bird?
Posted by davidgascoigne
Today has been fairly quiet compared to the last few days... OVS brought in two average sized, headless, fish and they swapped over incubating as expected. What was strange today was the arrival of an unknown bird. EJ did not alarm call when the bird...
Saturday, 3 May 2008
Stop Press...... Intruder is back
Posted by davidgascoigne
An unidentified osprey (sex unknown) has been around the nest since 7.55am this morning. It landed very briefly on the nest at 8.25 only to be chased off by OVS...... are we in for a repeat of yesterday? We will keep you informed of developments....
Saturday, 3 May 2008
Just as we thought it was calming down
Posted by davidgascoigne
I thought we were settling in for a quiet few weeks of EJ incubating and OVS popping in on the odd occasion with a fish... Well I was wrong. Yesterday morning's visitors to the Centre got a real treat. Here is an extract from our logbook for Friday...
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