News
CCTV nest camera offline
We are having technical problems with our osprey webcam. There is a fault in the system and we will have pictures back as soon as we can. The weather continues to be dry and sunny but a bit chilly with the NE wind in the mornings.
3 May 2012
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2 May 2012
Huge trout for early lunch
This morning our female osprey was sitting on the nest in sunshine albeit with a still chilly North-Easterly wind. She still has the sides of the nest built up to act as a wind break so seeing down into the nest cup is tricky. Her mate flew in at 10.45am
30 April 2012
There's never been a better weekend to get a water butt
It’s raining, it’s pouring, but there’s a drought.... so collect as much water as you can while the old man is snoring. Much of England is in drought. The current rainy weather is welcomed by wildlife, farmers and gardeners alike, but it is far from
27 April 2012
Appraisals and objectives
It is a very hectic time at the moment as I am busy doing all the appraisals for all my head of departments, as well as writing their objectives for the next year. We have a completely new method of doing this now and the time they are due always seems to
27 April 2012
A quieter day at the nest
Yesterday the female osprey spent the morning incubating her 2 eggs in a chilly North Easterly wind. her mate, male 08 flew in at 1.10pm with a fish which she took from him and flew to the tree nearby to eat it. He then took his turn sitting on the eggs
26 April 2012
First calf of the year born
Our first calf of the year was born on Friday. The Long-horn cattle are on the fields by the community reedbed walk up by the sewage works so they can be viewed from there. Both mum and calf are doing well and we are expecting a large number of calves ove
24 April 2012
Crane lands at Martin Mere
A common crane was seen at Martin Mere yesterday and it is still on site today. I got all excited at first as I was really hoping that it was one of the cranes that we released down south but unfortunately it doesn't have a ring number on it so it isn'
23 April 2012
Second osprey egg laid on Sat 21st April
The female osprey laid a second egg on Saturday the 21st of April. Our new male osprey, yellow 08 is doing a grand job bringing in fish for his mate and taking a turn in incubating the eggs. Hopefully we will see a third egg maybe today or tomorrow. The
23 April 2012
Ospreys back at Caerlaverock
Our female osprey returned on the 2nd of April and a new male arrived the next day on the 3rd and joined her at the nest. It is a different bird and not AW, her mate of the last 3 years. We have live CCTV images from the nest on the webcam on the WWT webs
12 April 2012
Sunshine and hail shower on the nest
April showers turned wintery today with a heavy hail shower at 1.15pm. Our female osprey was sitting tight on the nest which she has now built up considerably over the last few days. Not many visits from our yellow ringed male this morning but he was ar
12 April 2012
Mystery male osprey still at the nest
It has been a hectic weekend at the osprey nest. Our female has totally chaged the appearance of the nest with lots more sticks and clumps of grass. A large stick came in early this morning and is now across the front of the nest. This gave me hope that
9 April 2012
Yellow ringed Osprey hanging around
Today has been interesting just sitting and watching the camera. When the camera came on the female was sitting on the nest by herself. Soon after, another Osprey turned up bearing a very stand out yellow ring and landed right on her back. Our female howe
8 April 2012
Ducklings signal hope for world’s rarest bird
Peter Cranswick, Head of Species Recovery writes: The Madagascar pochard, arguably the rarest bird in the world, has bred successfully in captivity, building hope that it can be saved from extinction. Eighteen pochard ducklings are currently being reared
6 April 2012
Ducklings signal hope for world’s rarest bird
The Madagascar pochard - arguably the world’s rarest bird - has bred successfully in captivity building hope that it can be saved from extinction. Eighteen precious pochard ducklings are being reared at a specially built centre in Antsohihy, Madagascar,
6 April 2012