A fourth young marsh harrier appeared this morning! As the usual clutch size is 4-5 eggs, this isn't surprising, but females can lay as many as 8 eggs, so how many more are there?
The timing of their appearance is interesting - 21st, 23rd, 28th, 30th. This five-day interval between the second and third fledglings suggests that the third chick died, and we are seeing numbers 1, 2, 4, 5.
Watch this space...
I nearly spilt my coffee reading this..... 4!
This is excellent... at this rate i'm going to have to camp there to film all the action, heres some from yesterday :)
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