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Just a quickie to say there's been more egg action over on the Loch Garten osprey diary . Check it out!

The third egg has arrived at Loch Garten, but has Odin finally finished his game of egg football and accepted it as his own? To find out, hop over to the Loch Garten osprey diary for the latest.

After some serious lovers' quarrels over the last few days, everything seemed to be peaceful up at Loch Garten this morning. Odin was being very attentive and EJ had laid her second egg. The big question was would we be looking at another round of egg hokey cokey today or would Odin give the second...

Blimey, I go away on holiday for a week and it all kicks off! It's been a really busy week for our Date with Nature sites around the country, with the arrival of familiar faces and the breeding season getting into full swing. Up at Loch Garten , EJ arrived back on Wednesday for her 11th season...

There's quite the tale unfolding over on the Loch Garten osprey diary . Not only are team tracking one of this year's youngsters, Caledonia, as she sits tight in Spain, but now they've even got some eyes on the ground keeping watch over her! To find out more, head over to the Loch Garten...

Whilst the young Loch Garten ospreys seem to have settled themselves into somewhat of a daily routine, back on the reserve there was a surprise in store for Richard as he encountered a very unexpected visitor on Sunday afternoon. Can you guess what it might be? To find out more check out the latest post...

With the Glaslyn and Loch Garten osprey chicks already ringed and tagged, last week saw the turn of the solitary Lake District osprey chick. The chick, which appears to be a male, is now six weeks old and seems to be in good health. He was fitted with a satellite transmitter and a white id ring with...

After the sad news yesterday, we're pleased to be able to end the week on a happier note - the first Glaslyn osprey chick has hatched . You can keep up to date with all the latest over at the Glaslyn osprey diary .

The ominous date was mentioned when the group met at Coed Llandegla at 5.15am on Friday 13 April. However, curlews and a tawny owl were heard calling through the darkness and eight black grouse were posing well on the lek when we arrived at the hide. After watching the lek for almost an hour, the grand...

After a rather slow start, there's no stopping Tore as she storms ahead of Bynack and big sister Rothes to hit a rather exciting journey milestone. To find out more check out the latest post on the Loch Garten osprey diary .

As if the draw of ospreys wasn't enough, our Glaslyn team are going all out this weekend with plenty of activities to entice and entertain. Try your hand at osprey nest building, check out what the local cuisine is with our barn owl pellet dissections, and use your cunning to solve the treasure hunt...

There really isn't a great deal to say about our Peregrines this week, as we've hardly seen anything of them! However, I thought this would be a good opportunity to tell you a bit more about the other raptors we see up at the Symonds Yat rock. Buzzards are seen every day and they are now the...

Bynack, the male osprey chick at Loch Garten , has finally taken the plunge and fledged. To find out how he got on, check out the latest Loch Garten ospreys blog post .

With all three Glaslyn osprey chicks taking to the skies last week, it looks like the chicks up at Loch Garten won't be too far behind. There's been plenty to suggest that it won't be long now and you can read all about it over on the Loch Garten ospreys blog .

Glaslyn chick number three is airborn! 79 took her first flight yesterday morning, so that's all three chicks fledged before any of our others.

There's been another fledging at Glaslyn . The eldest osprey chick, 77, fledged yesterday at 1:05 pm. She's the second of the three chicks to take to the skies, with her younger brother, 78, fledging last week. There's just the youngest chick, 79, left to go. To keep up to date with all that's...

The first osprey chick at Glaslyn has fledged! There's not much info flying around at the moment (excuse the pun!), but it fledged this afternoon at 1:25. We'll let you know when we know any more.

Today we bring you some sad news - the Aberfoyle osprey nest has failed. The female stopped incubating her eggs just over a week ago, and they've now gone cold with no hope of hatching. We're not too sure why this happened, but it might have something to do with the weather. We are still...

It's not just the peregrines that are keeping us guessing about how many chicks they have, the ospreys are at it now too! When the Lake District ospreys first arrived back we were hoping that they would be cooperative and use last year's nest, which was all kitted out with a nestcam. Unfortunately...

A second osprey chick has hatched out at Loch Garten, though there seems to be some confusion about whether it's the second egg hatching late or the third egg hatching early. To find out more and to read about one of the chick's near miss with a piece of windswept debris, check out the Loch Garten...

The first osprey chick has hatched up at Loch Garten. The new arrival made its first appearance over night on Thursday and has been captivating staff and visitors alike since then. Check out the Loch Garten osprey blog for all the details.

After arriving back a month ahead of schedule, the Glaslyn ospreys seem keen to keep ahead of the game. Not only have they hatched the first osprey egg of the year, but the chick is also the earliest to hatch in Britain...ever ! The chick hatched on Monday afternoon, much to the excitement of the staff...

After a flurry of Bank Holidays and regal nuptials, it’s time to bring the tales of Symonds Yat up to date. Our Peregrines are almost certainly on eggs, as the traffic to and from the nest hole will testify. The female is doing the majority of the incubation as expected and the male spends lots...

After what seems like a couple of weeks of musical nests, we finally have eggs in the nest at Aberfoyle. The first was laid on Saturday morning, with the second arriving Monday afternoon. The female is now sat incubating them and hopefully we'll have chicks in a few weeks time. Here's the...

There was a rare visitor to the osprey nest at Glaslyn late last week. One of the 2008 chicks made a surprise visit, which is incredibly unusual as ospreys rarely return to the exact spot where they fledged from. Find out more by checking out the Glasylyn osprey blog .