(My apologies for the quality of the photos which were taken in extremely challenging conditions of intense sunlight, often straight towards the cameras, and heat haze. My thanks to Brian Clark for the first photo of Freya and the two of Samson bringing back nesting material, and to Kate Sumner Wilson for the two ofContinue reading “HAPPY RINGING ANNIVERSARY”
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A STEEP LEARNING CURVE FOR EVERYONE
This year continues to throw up new surprises and new experiences and so I thought I’d better update you all on what is happening at Border Ospreys. Our new female is gaining familiarity with the area and spent a lot of the time during her first couple of weeks here flying around, fishing and fendingContinue reading “A STEEP LEARNING CURVE FOR EVERYONE”
BORDER OSPREYS ROLLER COASTER
Where to begin? What a few weeks it’s been since I wrote the first blog this year and that was traumatic enough. You will recall that Delilah had returned, albeit two weeks later, and we hoped that the ospreys season’s timing would just have shifted later by the same period. We were very wrong andContinue reading “BORDER OSPREYS ROLLER COASTER”
SAMSON AND (EVENTUALLY) DELILAH’S RETURN
This is my first blog of 2018 and has been delayed waiting the arrival of both of our ospreys. Samson arrived on 7 April, 2 days earlier than last year and we waited and waited for Delilah and, after 2 weeks beyond her arrival date in 2017, we were starting to have considerable doubts asContinue reading “SAMSON AND (EVENTUALLY) DELILAH’S RETURN”
Border Ospreys 