Well, as I write this I'm looking out of the window and apart from everything being green, one would be forgiven for thinking that we are in the middle of winter. It's cold, pouring down with rain, and blowing a gale - not bad for the last week in June! The good news however is that our three maturing ospreys are making excellent progress staying well inside the recess of the nest sheltering from the worst of the weather; it may not give us the best opportunity to view them from the hide but at least with our fantastic camera systems we can watch their every move from the warmth of the visitor centre.
Rainbow trout seems to be fish of the day at the moment. Despite the rough weather, our adult male seems to bring a steady supply of fish in to the nest - obviously his fishing experience over the years puts him in good stead to deal with adverse weather, both in Wales and in Africa of course. He's ten years old this month in fact - many happy returns old chap!For those of you that visit regularly we have seen a lot of other camera action this week. The swallows that we watch live on the swallow-cam (they are actually nesting in the osprey hide!) are due to be parents again in the next few days, they have five eggs; and yesterday we counted 27 little birds on the live river cam we have with the two feeders - mostly blue/great tits and goldfinches and our insistent greater spotted woodpecker. A wonderful time to visit if you are within travelling distance, bring a picnic - and an umbrella..