This is a continuation from Rutland Osprey Project 2015
Tiger Signature
Only by Roy Dennis Clare as far as I know.
Birdies LG DU update.
Hazel b said:Today is traditionally the last day of the year for osprey eggs. Maybe fitting that the egg that produced Clarach was laid on 22 May 2013 and promptly attacked by a crow. You know those black things?
Those black things????? You mean the attractive and intelligent birds with such a knowing way of looking at you and such a subtly beautiful sheen to their feathers?
Our herring gulls are red listed birds. Think about that the next time you hear some flaming idiot calling for a cull of them.
Clare Bailey said:Those black things????? You mean the attractive and intelligent birds with such a knowing way of looking at you and such a subtly beautiful sheen to their feathers?
Here is the incident which nearly ended Clarach's short life. See here
Hazel b said: Those black things????? You mean the attractive and intelligent birds with such a knowing way of looking at you and such a subtly beautiful sheen to their feathers? Here is the incident which nearly ended Clarach's short life. See here [/quote]I remember it well. How lucky Clarach was that day........and as the video shows, crows do have such a lovely sheen to their feathers! I'm glad that particular crow let us all off by escaping with the fish and not the egg. The fish was almost certainly easier for the crow to pick up quickly. Our herring gulls are red listed birds. Think about that the next time you hear some flaming idiot calling for a cull of them.
[/quote]I remember it well. How lucky Clarach was that day........and as the video shows, crows do have such a lovely sheen to their feathers! I'm glad that particular crow let us all off by escaping with the fish and not the egg. The fish was almost certainly easier for the crow to pick up quickly.
Sorry if it's been posted elsewhere but a great Slow Motion Video of 28(10) fishing on the Rutland Facebook page
Thanks VC Great video Poor fish
July Education News
www.ospreys.org.uk/birds-and-boats
'now there are also 15 juveniles in the area, gaining in confidence on the wing! '
Hilary J
There were two chicks on the nest a few moments ago and each had a fish. Currently there is one, looks like T7, still eating and the other has gone as has the fish!
Do the 15 juvenilies include the MB three?