Phew! What a week that was! Just about recovered from Wild Isles Week but what a fantastic week it was. There were many events around the Island from Corncrake Walks, Evening Birdsong Walks, Looking for Otters and lots of talks on a whole variety of subjects, as well as the Eagle Hide open to trips twice a day. The trips were fully booked all week and our visitors were treated to some great displays by Skye and Frisa as well as sightings of our ever growing chicks.
I am amazed at how quickly the chicks are growing - it doesnt seem five minutes ago when I rang Dave from the forward hide saying "I think we have a hatching", and then the following week ringing him and saying "I'm pretty sure we have two chicks - just keep seeing a little white ball of fluff bobbing up and down". They are now an incredible 5 weeks old - they have lost most of their fluffy white down and are now dark grey in colour. A couple of times, we have managed to spot them trying to feed themselves, trying to take a lump of food and nearly falling over in the process. You can see their little wings moving up and down as they move about the nest. Skye and Frisa are just brilliant parents, bringing in food to the nest, making sure both are fed and sitting near to the nest making sure they dont get into any trouble.
The siskins and great spotted woodpecker continue to provide great entertainment to our visitors in the hide and the young sandmartins have fledged already - the youngsters sit on the fence down at the lochside begging for food from any bird that flies past. The buzzards are rearing young as we have seen food being taken into the nest and our pied wagtails are now feeding young - its a real hive of activity.
I shall leave you with some photos I took during Wild Isles Week. I hope to get some shots of the chicks as they grow but unfortunately the light has been too poor to get a decent photo.
Here is the link to the Estonian Webcam - click on the White Tailed Eagle Camera - direct stream and see how the chicks are doing - they are the same age as Skye and Frisa's and give a great insight to their antics
Margobird
Hi Debby really hope you don't mind me doing this.Lady had a lonely Cockatiel so bought it a pal next morning the new Cockatiel was dead.Being angry she put a Buzzard in with it but the next morning the Buzzard was dead.Desperate to stop the carnage next time put a Eagle in the cage next morning Eagle dead but Cockatiel featherless and said to old lady phew I had to take my jacket off to that one.Sorry it is an old joke and some might be saying so.Best wishes.Amazing that Skye and Frisa chicks will hopefully be flying in about three months must now be growing at an amazing rate.