Nesting Diaries
No Ospreys seen or heard. Nest abandoned?
Female perched on hide frame above the nest. She flies off and returns to the frame after 5 minutes, remaining there. No interaction with the nest for at least half an hour.
Female sat on nest, quite low and still. Male arrives and stands next to the nest. After about 10 minutes she flies off returning about 15 minutes later. She appears to be regurgitating food for the young ones (unseen). Male flies off and returns with a stick!
Female sat on nest, occasional head bobbing.
Female Osprey sat quite low on nest. Fussing around and reaching down into the nest several times.
One Osprey sat low on nest.
One Osprey sat low on nest.
One Osprey sat low on nest.
Female sat low on nest & re-arranging stuff. Male arrives with a fish.
Female sat low on nest. Male perched on the hide.
Nest built. Female stood on the nest. Male on the hide, eating a fish..
Two Ospreys on the hide. Looks like some nest building happening.
One Osprey perched on the hide. Another seen perched on a tree near the shore.
One Osprey perched on the hide.
One Osprey (F?) perched on the hide. Later another perched in a nearby tree flies to the hide, acrobatics, then flies off.
One juvenile on the edge of the hide.
One juvenile on the hide. It flies to a nearby tree after about 5 minutes.
Two juveniles on the hide at first. (Hide seems to have had some maintenance work). After about 15 minutes, adult arrives with a fish. One juvenile is lucky.
One juvenile on the hide. It flies off after 10 minutes.
Two juveniles on the hide. One eating a fish. After about 15 minutes, both fly off. One returns soon after.
One juvenile on the hide at first. It flies off and joins another Osprey nearby, before returning to the hide.
Two juveniles at either end of the hide. Eating fish at first, then both fly off after about 10 minutes.
Female close to nest with one juvenile at the other end of the hide. Second juvenile not seen.
Female on nest with two juveniles sat up and looking around.
Female on nest with one chick visible, lying down flat in the nest. Male not seen.
Female on nest shading 2 chicks. Male heard nearby, but not seen.
Two adults on the hide. Male a little distant from the nest eating a fish. Female on nest with 2 chicks clearly visible. No feeding observed.
Female Osprey sat upright in the nest. At least one, possibly two chicks seen.
One Osprey sat up in the nest, occasionally reaching down. Other Osprey perched nearby.
One Osprey low in the nest.
One Osprey low in the nest,.
Strange arrangement of wings/feathers from first viewpoint. Getting closer revealed female low on nest. Probably re-arranging things earlier.
One Osprey low in the nest, another perched on the blind.
One Osprey low in the nest, another perched nearby.
One Osprey fairly low in the nest, another perched nearby.
One juvenile on the hide.
One juvenile on the hide.
Pair seen on the blind. Male bringing nesting material.
Single Osprey on the blind.