The Ospreys are back !!

I did read that micky, and agree about the ban on drones near the location.

On a brighter note, the sole chick at Manton Bay will be ringed on Wednesday if all goes to plan.

More bad news, as the 3rd chick at Loch Arkaig has died because of a combination of cold wet weather, and aggression from No.2 chick who has stopped it from being fed. Such a pity.

At Alyth there is now only 1 chick left. 

Fingers crossed Nellie this weather we have been having lately is a killer for many of our feathered friends. The feed rate for the Tit family has dropped to a dangerous level and as a result nests are failing,  this was particularly noticeable with the Great Tit's nest in the garden.

The Manton Bay chick was ringed today, 1RO, and is a male. More details to follow.

Mixed news today from Kei!der. The 2 remaining chicks on Nest 5A died between 14 & 17 June. This is extremely sad for the breeding pair as they have now lost their brood for the last 3yrs.

Better news is that for the second year of breeding the pair at Nest 10 have 3 chicks.

The 4 nest with camera coverage lost 8 of 12 chicks due to the prolonged cold wet conditions. However the 4 surviving chicks are doing well.

It has been confirmed that the nest at Balgarvies has just 2 chicks, who appear to be growing well.

At Rutland as well as the Manton Bay your Osprey being ringed the team also do the same at another nest in the area at which there were another 3 males, now 1R1,1R2 and 1R3.

Thank you Nellie.

At Dyfi today the 3 chicks were ringed, two females 6B1 and 6B2, (the latter weighing in at over 2000g!) and a single male, 6B3, at a mere 1545g.

Sad to read that so many Osprey nests have lost chicks.  I have been watching the Poole Harbour 4 and they are doing really well, hopefully that will continue.  022 seems to be a great provider for them all and CJ7 is a marvellous and  caring mother.   I have also noticed that they all seem to get on together, in previous years I have seen much more aggressive behaviour, these siblings must like each other! 

Heddlo, it may be that they are all males or that the later couple and therefore smaller chicks are females so all 4 are roughly the same size, as the females are generally bigger and more aggressive than the males.

Nellie when I look around lately those statistics don't only apply to our feathered friends