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well done Odin! Lets hope he can keep up this supply of fish. Here s to the first egg.

Thanks for your reply Richard.....no confusion here Richard.....for me there is only the LG Ospreys!!   I haven't, as yet, looked at other Osprey webcams. There definitely was another Osprey mating with EJ.  I went through all the comments for the 9th and found that 'Soosin' also reported seeing EJ being mated by, what she thought was a ringed Osprey at  8.46pm!!??

Thanks again Claire.....I'm glad that EJ's 'TOY BOY'  is proving a better provider than OVS and with the number of matings that have taken place she may lay at least 100 eggs!!!!  'Tue love' is with us.

Just logged on and can hear capercaillie lecking! No sign of EJ or Odin, but wha a treat to hear so clearly! Thanks for the update, Claire, I'l be up there in just over 4 weeks and as usualI can't wait.

How old she is??

REPLY: 11

Hi All, I guess that Richard and Claire may be correct as they predicted a Thursday egg !!! Lets face it Richard is normally spot on with his predictions...

It's a truly glorious morning up here..endless blue sky and hardly any wind...A good day for fishing and chilling out on the nest....I hope that EJ makes the most of it and has a good fly around to stretch her wings as she is going to be sat on that nest for a long time !!!!

Maureen....to get onto the Loch Garten bloggers....

First JOIN facebook so you have a page then just type in Loch Garten into the search box, top left of the page and it will take you there.. but you will never find them if you haven't a page of your own...When you see the page come send a request to join... then when you get an email back just follow the link...

Hope this helps...Barbara

Odin is a star and long may he continue to shine.  Mating – 42 times I thought more as every time I look they are at it :) but we can safely assume they’ve truly bonded and hopefully we’ll see an egg soon.  10 fish since Saturday is wonderful news and I’m sure Odin has found a fishing source nearby judging how quickly he can bring fish in.  When I think back to how VS treated, rather mistreated, EJ and the chicks last year what I am seeing of Odin only increases my confidence.  Food is the key and if there is adequate fish brought in hopefully we will see no bullying in the nest and all chicks will fledge.  

It has been quite eventful over lunch time.  Odin brought in a fish at 12:47 which EJ took and flew off returning at 12:54 with the fish!!  Odin took it from EJ and flew off at 12:55.  EJ then kept looking up, mantling her wings and squawking at 12:56 when I got a glimpse of another bird who proceeded to dive bomb over the nest.   All settled fairly quickly but I hope there aren’t many intruders about not when EJ is close to laying her eggs.  I see this has happened at Tweed Valley – usually a peaceful nest but over the past few days there has been a lot of aggression displayed with intruders which they hope has not upset their female who is expected to lay her eggs any day now.  

Richard, you said you needed sponsorship to tag the chicks this year.  Can you tell us what sort of sum is involved?

REPLY: With the tag costs and data download costs, we're probably going to need c.£3,000.  -  Richard

EJ just stood up a little to  rearrange some nest material under her  and I saw somethng white under her!! She is sitting over the  hole  they dug and  rocking back and forth as she  does to  turn the eggs. :) Richard's prediction may be  right

I do believe the first egg is there. Bring on another. How long do they incubate for and do they share the sitting duties?

REPLY: Incubation starts with the first egg. EJ will do most, except when she goes off to eat a fish brought by Odin, he will then sit while she's away.  -  Richard

Well done EJ...and well done Richard for the correct prediction !!

So when is the next one going to be laid....????????

REPLY: Sometime during Saturday for sure, probably early Saturday morning, would be my prediction  -  Richard

ok odin bring in lunch and see what a clever girl ej ,is bet you are all chuffed to bits congratulations to all at LG will donate £20 for first tracking device next time i am in past

REPLY:  Rosie, that would be brilliant, thank you.  -  Richard

Richard, would the second egg not be more likely to be early on Sunday as opposed to Saturday ?

The normal for most birds of prey (not all) falls in the 65/75 hr window between eggs.

REPLY: Really don't mind, so long as we get a second....and a third...and a  -  Richard

Borderslass, only one egg is laid at a time.

Just now  there was some sort of threat to the nest. EJ stood up from the egg and was danger calling  and flapping her  wings. Odin flew in with a fish. He mantled over the fish and was  also flapping his  wings. Odin finally flew away with the fish and EJ settled back  down on the  egg.

I could hear a bird calling  very close by, but  couldn't see it . What was happening?

How lovely to see dad taking his turn!!  Odin came in at 3.45pm and straight onto the egg to give EJ a break.  I just love watching them wobble over the egg.  I do hope either EJ or Odin move that stick soon, it is lying quite awkward especially when they spread their wings.  

I have just seen EJ being mated again at 16.54 (presumably by Odin) but in the background there was definately another bird very close by who you could then hear flying off just as the mating finishe. Do we know who this other bird is?

Hi. Thanks for all your wonderful offers of support. Please bear with us and we'll let you know the best way to help as soon as we can.

Katie (Web Team)

Is anyone wondering what has become of old OVS? Has he been sighted?

Karen as you probably know there is a young female at Rutland called DE (05). I would really love to know if it came from the same nest as Errol.

Loch of the Lowes did have four eggs in 2005. It was not realised that there were four until quite a while after hatching. Then sadly two of them died in quick sucession so only two fledged from the nest that year. All the data for Loch of the Lowes can be found on page 33 of "Life of Ospreys". Data for Loch Garten on page 23.

In 2005 EJ laid four eggs too. That was the year when both first Red T and then Henry demonstatred their egg kicking skills so there were no Loch Garten chicks.

SJB: Marge (LotL female) laid her 3rd egg on Wednesday morning, it is her 55th egg in total since 1991. I hope to visit this site sometime soon as it's only 100 miles from where I live. In July though I will be in Errogie which is only a few miles from Loch Garten....the team will get sick of me popping in, I will bring biscuits though. I am also going to try to get to Mull too to see the Sea Eagles. Can't wait!

Is that another big stick in front of the camera that has been brought in??  I don't remeber it being that big unless the camera has zoomed in.  I think they want to barricade themselves in and not let the world see whats happening.

I have been out most of the day (shopping) and just viewed the nest and had an eggsellent view of the Calcium Blob but I still say Odin is either building a LOG CABIN or a Shield for EJs privacy by the size of the woodwork :) .. gladly it has moved slightly.. Hooray !

CliveT

EJ just left for a wing-stretch- was back in a couple of minutes. It's scary to see that precious egg left unattended, though!

Hi Sixy - we went to Harewood once, just after they re-introduced them- it's just up the road from us- and did see one kite! I expect it's much different now! We must go again sometime, although our first love has to be the Welsh kites- such a fantastic success story, and of course it's where our very own wing-tagged kite lives! Am I right in thinking that you volunteer at Harewood? Seem to remember you (or someone) saying that last year.

It's so lovely to see Odin taking his turn at brooding the egg, I haven't see him bring in a fish since the egg was laid, so very glad to hear from others that he is doing well in that area too!:-))

I wish that darned branch was off the nest ...I hope Odin doesn't bring any more, is he after giving them a bit of privicy do you think....some hopes with the world and his wife watching every move Lol!

Just heard a cuckoo....at least EJ need have no worries!

BarbaraAnne.. I have forgotten my password and each time I submit message for new password ( 4 TIMES)..no answer. They don't seem to have a contact number!!!! What do I do now?

This is very exciting!! My teacher and I have been watching EJ and Orange VS last year and now we are back again with Odin. He seems very good with EJ, with bringing food and such. I am ready for a ride with EJ and Odin.

Just seen EJ stane up and do some wing flaaping & egg turning at 00.05, very late but the sight was worth logging on just before  I turned off the computer.  My siamese cat is fascinated by EJ & loves watching her on screen as last year, cat is not allowed out unsupervised as they catch birds & I believe in responsible pet ownership.

Could not resist another look at 00.25 EJ fast asleep & looking quite contented, who wouldnt with an attentive toy boy who woos & feeds one!!

Got up early this morning, to watch the web-cams at Loch of the Lowes and Loch Garten and neither of them are working.  I missed the first egg at Loch Garten and I was hoping to see the next one live, hope you manage to sort out the problem for all us web-cam fanatics.   I am having withdrawal symptoms this morning, having to watch the qualifying for the Grand Prix.  Not quite the same!

Cam seems to be down this morning :o(.  I too wonder what has happened to OVS and Henry for that matter.  I didn't really know Henry but he sounded like a great Osprey.

Is it just me - or is the live feed playing up? It connects to media but won't buffer and show feed? Been trying since 7.30am.