The large female osprey that kept appearing at the start of the month has now disappeared and has not been seen since last week. This seems to have relaxed our pair of ospreys with a third egg appearing on Sunday morning (12 April), and both birds are sharing the incubation.
The male bird has been carrying a lot of moss and bark into the nest over the last few days, with the female busy packing this around the eggs. The nest itself is very deep this year - some say this is a sign of bad weather to come - and is to ensure the safe keeping of the eggs so that they don’t roll out.
The nest cam as now been repositioned by remote control to give a better view of the nest and the eggs inside, visitors can now see the eggs clearly on the screens in the viewing centre.
All we have to do now is wait until the middle of May for the first sign of any chicks…