NAMES

I promised you I’d let you know the names we’d picked for the two chicks now that we know we have a male and a female. The older chick, which is male and Darvic ringed 733, will be called Jed after the local town, Jedburgh. The younger chick, the female who is Darvic ringed 732, will be called Ursula after the Disney witch, which seemed appropriate bearing in mind her behaviour so far.

They are relatively easy to spot the difference as Ursula has a distinctly darker head and Johnny Depp eyebrows whereas Jed just has the one thick dark mark on his head and the rest is much lighter.

Fishing continues to be difficult and JW6 has had to help out on a couple of occasions now. The river is still high and very murky and several of the lochs he would use as standbys are going to have an increase in human activity as the holiday season gets underway. A difficult period for the family but this was certainly a success yesterday when Samson brought in a lovely but lively pike.