Blog: ospreys

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Still Camera nest June 2014

We have chicks but no colour!

It has been a frustrating week or so at Foulshaw. Lots to do, that simply hasn’t lent time to update the blog as much as I would wish. I am pleased to note however, that we do have two osprey…

Sun from Still camera at Foulshaw Moss

Salutation to the sun

One of our cameras at Foulshaw Moss captured this image this morning and it has certainly turned out a wonderful Spring morning.

Still camera view of nest at night June 2014

Right through the night

Osprey sleep at night ! If with eggs or chicks, the female will usually sit on them with their head tucked under one wing. The male usually spends the night in very close proximity perched in a…

Osprey female Blue 35 on nest

Kielder (Blue 35)

It was nice to have a conversation with Joanna recently who has been involved with ospreys making a successful come-back over in Northumberland.

Still camera adult on nest in rain 2014

A wet weekend

This image of the female hunkering down in the nest trying to keep her (hopefully) eggs warm and dry was taken on Saturday morning. The colour of the sky and the expression of the bird says it…

Building osprey nest platform 2014

Artificial nest platform

Our pair of birds have decided for the second year to make their nesting home on a ready built platform. The artifical nest is located high up in a tree right in the middle of the very, very wet,…

Still camera  night view of nest 2014

Day and night

It wasn't too long after the ospreys arrived at Foulshaw that the female started spending more time sitting on the nest.

Still camera Osprey feeding on nest 2014

Feeding time at Foulshaw Moss

These are great shots taken from one of our nest cameras showing the birds bringing in fish and eating them on the nest. Osprey feed almost exclusively on fish

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