Fish for lunch
Posted on 16th May 2013 by Brian Morrell
For most of the morning our female osprey was sitting on the nest. She started calling to her mate just after 1pm then he came in at 1.20pm with a fish for her which she duly flew off with to …
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Sunshine at last on the nest
Posted on 14th May 2013 by Brian Morrell
Today has been sunny but there is still a chilly wind from the west which has been ruffling the feathers of the birds on the nest. We saw the male bird come in this morning with a fish for his …
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All going well at the nest
Posted on 10th May 2013 by Brian Morrell
This morning the male osprey arrived at about 10.20am with a fish for his mate which she took off him and flew to her favourite tree nearby to eat. She was back at 10.40 with a stick and took over …
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Temperature drop
Posted on 8th May 2013 by Brian Morrell
After the glorious weather yesterday with sunshine and 23 degrees C, today it is struggling above 12 degrees with a blustery Easterly wind and showers. The ospreys have to endure a wide variety of weather conditions in [...]
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Three eggs on the nest and all going well
Posted on 29th April 2013 by Brian Morrell
The third egg was laid on Saturday the 27th April and all looks to be well on the nest. This morning the male brought in a fish and took over on the eggs while his mate flew off to feed …
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Osprey Update
Posted on 25th April 2013 by Mike Youdale
Sorry for the delay in putting a post on here. Brian Morrell our learning manager who usually updates this is away at present so therefore I thought I would give you a quick catch up as to wha’s been going …
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Both birds on the nest today in the sunshine
Posted on 18th April 2013 by Brian Morrell
Both birds have been on the nest for about half an hour this afternoon. The weather is much better today and although a bit breezy at least the sun is out. We have seen a couple of mating attempts today …
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A wet day on the nest
Posted on 17th April 2013 by Brian Morrell
Once again the weather is dominating the daily report from the osprey nest. We have seen both birds on the nest today but the horizontal rain this afternoon has meant that the nest has been more often empty than with &#[...]
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Hanging onto the nest in the wind
Posted on 16th April 2013 by Brian Morrell
It is very windy today at the osprey nest. We have had a SW wind around force 4 gusting 5 or 6 this morning and the birds have been hanging onto the nest. Both birds have been around all morning and our male …
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Stong winds at the nest
Posted on 15th April 2013 by Brian Morrell
After a week of dry but cold weather our ospreys had their first rain on Sunday morning and some very strong SW winds. Today the showers stopped before midday and the strong over night winds have eased a bit. However it [...]
