The best that can be said about yesterday is that it was not quite as bad as the day before - and of course that our doughty couple, Odin the Magnificent and EJ the Phenomenal, retained their nest, with eggs intact as far as we can see.
Sadly, the month of May starts out badly, cam-wise, as it's been left out of focus for the night. (I know there's a bad grammatical error there, but am not going to change it.)
EJ has tried to get some sleep:
What sounded to me like a single, quiet, osprey chirp woke her up:
She tucked her head back but not long afterwards the same thing happened. She got up and checked the eggs, had a flap and went for a quick flyaround:
Interesting wing feathers as she took off with a chirp ;-)
She was back less than 20 seconds later, watchful:
Soon back on the eggs and ready for sleep:
IMAGICAT
Let's hope that the calmer latter part of yesterday continues today. I think EJ and Odin have solidly defended their nest long enough for those young upstarts to realise this nest is not going to be an easy capture, and maybe seek their fortunes elsewhere
Chocoholix shiny new 2018 Interactive Osprey & Chick Chart! (with clickable links!)
It's wonderful to see things back to how they should be. Odin getting comfy on the eggs.
No idea what that noise is Scylla. Not had coffee yet so still half asleep.
Birdie Num Num's brilliant DU summary 2017
Morning everyone.
Intruders are a double edged sword. A nuisance like they are now but worth their weight in gold when needed.
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Great to read of a fish !! not a bad sized portion for our lady EJ . So, that's brekker. Do we hope for supper? Thanks to all for the pics, gratefully rec'd and the sequence SCYLLA is lovely. Here he comes :) and plonk ... there is the fishy fish and all in focus
I can only hear the chaffinch
Right, I have to get myself out ... driving up to Dyfi for the BH weekend.
Will definitely be trying to keep up with LG while I'm there though... thank you in advance to anyone posting updates!
Have a great day everyone!
Have a great time at Dyfi. CHOCO.
Thanks to everyone for all the progress reports so far. So pleased that EJ has had breakfast - if there are Intruders about(and I hope there aren't) it's good to know she should have the strength to repel them. Very busy today, so will just pop in intermittently. Sunny here (north of England), so let's hope it reaches the Cairngorms.
Have a great time CHOCO
A couple of Odin.
Turning his precious eggs
Having a nibble on the bark.