At the end of the CCTV recording yesterday I could still see only two eggs on the nest. This morning the female has been sitting tight on the nest most of the morning and has built up the grass and twigs at the front of the nest so that it is difficult to see the eggs when she stands up to turn them. Hopefully I will get a chance to see what is going on later on and update today or tomorrow morning. Still basking in spring sunshine which is always a good thing for the birds.

Like yesterday AW has been doing a lot of nest duty today sitting on the eggs. He spent nearly 2 hours this morning before his mate came in and took over. Due to the build up of nest material on the edge of the nest it is very difficult to see if a 3rd egg has been laid this morning. Hopefully I will be able to see what is going on this afternoon on the live feed, if not I will have to go through the DVD later to se if I can get a glimpse of the eggs when they stand up and turn them or change over. At 1.10pm AW arived back on the nest empty handed and stood on the edge of the nest for 10 minutes before flying off again. Maybe she is in need of a fish, she was calling to him when he left. I hope to post another update later this afternoon with an egg update.

As the CCTV system came on at the centre this morning the female was sitting tight on the nest. Was she on the first egg? Emma watched patiently and at 10.20am she saw the female stand up and sure enough there was the first egg of the season in the cup of the nest. AW came in with a fish for his mate just after 12 noon and she flew off to eat it and he took over the incubation duties. She cam back half an hour later and gave him back the half eaten fish and took her place on the nest as he flew off to finish it.

Emma had calculated that today would be the day as it is exactly 9 days since the first successful mating attempts were seen on the nest. It is great to have such an osprey expert on the staff here at Caerlaverock.