Caerlaverock blog
No sign of egg number two yet
It looks hot on the osprey nest today as the birds bask in the spring sunshine. AW has flown in to take his turn on the nest 3 times today, once with a fish for his mate. We have also seen a mating attempt on the nest this morning, a precarious operation
21 April 2011
Pair of ospreys back at Caerlaverock
Great news! A pair of ospreys back at Caerlaverock. This morning we could see the female osprey on the nest when we got the live CCTV images beamed through to the centre. Then at 10.30am she flew off and a male osprey landed on the nest briefly before fly
5 April 2011
Still no sign
Since the sightings of our female on the nest on Friday afternoon, we have not seen this bird return. Our ground team did see our female sat in a tree close by but she has not returned to the nest. Similar news with the other individual which was seen on
3 April 2011
Arrival news
Osprey Arrival Great news this afternoon at Caerlaverock with our first confirmed sighting of an Osprey on the live nest camera for the 2011 breeding season. Whilst we have had reports of a couple of sightings around the nest site over the last couple of
1 April 2011
She's back!!
Great news coming from the CCTV cameras in the visitor center. Today at 1420 an unringed female Osprey landing smack in the middle of the egg cup. After looking at the facial patterns we are quite confident that this is our female. Whilst watching the fem
1 April 2011
Welcome to the 2011 osprey diary
The sun is shining on the Caerlaverock merses and the birds are singing so it is time to watch the skies for the return of our ospreys. A quick scan of the driftwood perches on the merse this morning turned up a peregrine falcon but no sign yet of an osp
14 March 2011
Ospreys back at Caerlaverock
The ospreys have made a welcome return to Caerlaverock over the Easter weekend. On Saturday (3 April), Reserve Manager Richard Hesketh saw an osprey land on the nest via the live CCTV link at Caerlaverock. The bird had a green ring on the left leg but alt
6 April 2010