I am sorry to say that I read in the news that one of the chicks has died owing to the father not being able to spot fish in the current rough weather. The other was OK and there was another egg to hatch still.
It is all fascinating though. A few years ago we went to the visitor centre at Peebles (I forget the name of the forest there). The youngish guy there was absolutely fascinating about the stories of each of the ospreys and the boys were captivated. He got them to enter a competition to win one of these soft toy ospreys. One of the ones that make a bird sound ! Well they waited until September to see if they had won it and each day they asked about it ! Well they didnt win ! But what I did was organise with a shop in the Highlands to send them each one along with a tag to say Congratulations you have won ! To this day they dont realise !!
Ospreys
I am sorry to say that I read in the news that one of the chicks has died owing to the father not being able to spot fish in the current rough weather. The other was OK and there was another egg to hatch still.
It is all fascinating though. A few years ago we went to the visitor centre at Peebles (I forget the name of the forest there). The youngish guy there was absolutely fascinating about the stories of each of the ospreys and the boys were captivated. He got them to enter a competition to win one of these soft toy ospreys. One of the ones that make a bird sound ! Well they waited until September to see if they had won it and each day they asked about it ! Well they didnt win ! But what I did was organise with a shop in the Highlands to send them each one along with a tag to say Congratulations you have won ! To this day they dont realise !!