This is a new thread following the Osprey nest at Alyth electricity sub station, located in the Perth and Kinross region.
The Ospreys have nested at the site for many years, first year was around 1990.
They were nesting on a nearby electricity tower, but due to a planned expansion of the site a decision was taken to resite the old nest to a specially constructed 25-metre nesting tower and two nearby 8.5 metre resting perches, which were erected in 2014. Advice was sought from Roy Dennis.Since that first breeding season in 2014, a total of 14 osprey chicks have been observed to have fledged from the new site.
The resident ospreys are called Harry and Flora, named by a local school in Alyth. All pupils were also given their own osprey soft toy as a thank you from the teams for getting involved and for showing such enthusiasm about the ospreys.
Richard B
Harry certainly loves the nest cup!
Another fish delivery
Flora takes it away in her beak
Harry takes his chance to perfect the nest cup. It’s pretty deep.
I’m sure Harry will be an excellent brooder once the eggs arrive!
Today it started off very wet on the nest. Flora was fish calling.
There has been nest sorting and mating.
Flora leaves the nest to sit on the cam pole.
Harry brings in a fish.
Off Flora goes with the fish.
Harry’s excited to be able to sort out the nest cup again!
Flora had been enjoying some cosy nest cup time.
Harry arrives with some hay
He starts sorting stuff around Flora
She gets the message
Up she gets
and away for a wing stretch.
Harry takes his chance while the bed is still warm!
Happy days!
Well Sandra I really don’t know!!! One minute I thought yes and then I was thinking not yet! 20.05 They mated in the nest cup (Is that normal if there’s an egg there?)
Flora stood at the side afterwards and waited
until after 21.00 before she went back into the nest cup.
She’s currently well hunkered down so she’s possibly laid one or about to?