Another busy week was had here at the Glaslyn Osprey Project - both birds were busy building up the nest and feeding. On Monday a large female osprey (staff working at the site think that she may be one of the chicks from 2007) was seen attacking the nest, which caused both our ospreys to be very defensive. The large female osprey eventually flew off up the Glaslyn valley towards Beddgelert.
The large female re-appeared on Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday, and again dive bombed our resident nest. No sighting of the large female was noted over the weekend, and there was reason to celebrate this morning (Monday 6 April) when the first egg of the season was sighted.
The female had been agitated on Sunday evening and when she returned back to the nest after 5pm last night, she was moving around the nest and engaging in displacement activity. Normally the female osprey would lay every other day, with a total of three eggs expected during the next few days. Each egg will be incubated for around 37 days, which means hatching should occur in mid-May. Watch this space!