5th May Dear all, the good news continues we now have 3 eggs on the "Ospreys are back in Galloway" nest and………….there are also 3 eggs at Caerlaverock so H/D may be a grandmother soon. As Brian Morrell from WWT says it is great news AW has been doing his stuff. The first egg was treated with some bemusement by both parents and AW was the one who settled down to incubating and he still seems to be pretty keen to sit on his eggs. “Great news! The Caerlaverock Ospreys have laid a second egg. Just after 1pm today the male bird flew in with a fish for the female who had been sitting tight on the nest all morning. She took the fish and flew off to eat it, and then just before the male took over on the nest we could see two eggs. The second egg could have been laid last night or this morning but due to the wet weather the birds were reluctant to stand up and leave the eggs uncovered so we could see what was going on via our live CCTV link. This may now be the complete clutch but there could still be a third egg in a few days time.” You have probably guessed that I will be heading to Caerlaverock over the May Bank holiday, I might see you there as lots of our avid osprey watchers are heading in that direction so I might see you there, I will be the one drinking hot chocolate and cake with a big grin on my face...............I went down to Caerlaverock over the Bank holiday and managed to see the 3rd egg, so a full cluth now brilliant news We will have to wait until the end of May/beginning of June to see if we get any chicks let’s hope so. Good osprey watching, Elizabeth |