Author Archives: Rosieshields

I promised you an update on the sibling rivalry between chick 2 and 3 and the fish deliveries. Fishing continues to be challenging for Samson in poor weather and he has struggled to bring in decent sized fish. As a result, chick 2 has continued to attack chick 3, preventing it from having access toContinue reading “FAMINE AND FEAST”

A mixed bag of news today: some good, some not so good, some interesting and then a grumble. Probably the best news came, not from our nest but from Nest 10 at Kielder, just across the border from us. Brian and I were very privileged last week to be invited to view (from a safeContinue reading “NEWS AND VIEWS”

Chick #1 is now 2 weeks old, so I thought I’d better update you on how things are going. The short answer is that things are going very well at present, but I hope that I am not tempting fate by saying that. Samson is doing a magnificent job of providing for his rapidly growingContinue reading “PROGRESS REPORT”

When the camera switched on at 0500, 2 things were immediately apparent. First was that there had already been a fish delivery and JW6 was busy tearing it apart to feed her family and second, that we now had 3 chicks, the youngest of which had hatched sometime in the previous 11 hours when theContinue reading “THREE CHICKS AND A BIT OF DRAMA”

Chick no 2 was already fully hatched and dry by the time the camera switched on this morning and we got our first sight of it at 0530, already able to wriggle around. Breakfish duly arrived a couple of hours later and both chicks were eager to taste the grayling that was on the menu.Continue reading “CHICK NO 2”

Well, Border Ospreys chick #1 of 2023 didn’t hang around. When JW6 gave us a quick look at the eggs at 1234, there didn’t appear to be any movement, although parts of them were covered with some straw but she was certainly lifting her body higher, supporting herself on her wings which looked suspiciously likeContinue reading “FIRST NEW ARRIVAL OF 2023”

I am now back with you and I thank you for your forbearance while I have been away. I am still reviewing several days of footage that I had missed but I can tell you that everything seems to be going well and we still have 3 eggs. Both adult birds have brought sprigs ofContinue reading “SOME EXCITING NEWS”

Third egg for Samson and JW6 this morning. He treated her by incubating the eggs for her while allowing her 5 minutes of crow bashing, which she thoroughly enjoyed.

I was too optimistic about the camera situation in the last blog but we did manage to get confirmation this morning that JW6 had indeed laid a second egg, probably yesterday. As with last year, she is now increasing the time she is incubating, leaving Samson more time to fish and do all his otherContinue reading “TWO EGGS AND AN APOLOGY”

These birds think I’ve got nothing better to do than write about them! Today was the 11th day that Samson has been back and, as I inferred yesterday, he and JW6 have certainly been making up for lost time. Their behaviour this morning suggested that something had changed on the nest and I managed toContinue reading “ME AGAIN. WE HAVE AN EGG!”