Intruder Alert

Despite the very changeable (for that, read mainly wet) weather at Loch Garten everything is as it were on site, both birds are in or around the nest at periods throughout the day, Henry is still delivering fish and they are even mating - successfully too. The lack of chicks and series of unfortunate events hasn't broken the bond between our pair, infact; I think it has made it stronger.

The highlight of the past few weeks has been the regular intruder who has been visiting the site; on one occasion it actually landed on the nestcam post - standing above both Henry and EJ in a domineering manner - however it wasn't there long as our two birds decided to see it off.

During this pre-migration period the birds are not always present, this is natural, but you still have a very good chance of seeing EJ and Henry. One visitor worth a mention is young Aneurin Jackson, he came in with his father and patiently waited to see the birds - his patience was rewarded when Henry delivered a fish to EJ and he saw both birds flying from the nest.

Even when the birds are away there are still a great deal of things to see at the Osprey Centre so if you are in the area, please come along and visit. The 2007 highlights DVD is almost complete and you never know, if you are in the centre on the right day, you could be one of the first to see it being unveiled - believe me, it is a great story, pity it doesn't have a fairy tale ending - BUT, I’ll say again "that's nature"

As a final word for this diary entry the whole Osprey team would like to thank the Cracknells for their very kind and generous gift... The tea and biscuits will come in very handy - THANK YOU!

If you want to specifically help the Loch Garten Osprey Team 2007, you might consider supporting the RSPB. You can do this online via the RSPB website: http://www.rspb.org.uk/join, if you add the code PR08, your membership will be credited to the Loch Garten team.