Thursday
25th March
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White
EJ returns at 4.05pm
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Saturday
27th March
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A
male osprey, ringed Orange VS
arrives and White EJ
allows him to mate without courtship. It is discovered that he
is her old mate from her previous nest.
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Thursday
1st April
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In
Orange VS' absence an unringed male, thought to
be a different one than Henry ousted in 2003, lands on
the nest with a fish and mates with White EJ. He stays
around until dusk, then leaves.
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Friday
2nd April
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Unringed
male returns early afternoon and once again remains
unchallenged until dusk.
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Saturday
3rd April
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Just
after dawn, three intruding ospreys appear above nest, Orange
VS and then White EJ join them without aggression
and they drift out of sight. White EJ returns at approx
9.50am when she is repeatedly divebombed by another female
osprey for around 10 mins. White EJ stands her ground
and then takes off after her attacker. An hour later she is
back and again within 30 seconds is subjected to more attacks.
Yet again, she eventually takes flight chasing the intruding
female out of sight just after 11 am.
11.23am
Henry returns briefly. White EJ returns at
3.30pm and Henry arrives with a fish at 5pm, eats the
head and delivers it to White EJ. Seconds later a male
osprey appears above the nest, displaying. Henry chases
it off.
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Sunday
4th April
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White
EJ goes missing for 24 hours, following a male osprey that
had circled the nest.
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Tuesday
6th April
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White
EJ unsettled by three male ospreys fighting above nest,
she takes off and is pursued by them. She again goes missing
for over 24 hours.
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Saturday
17th April
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The
battle between White EJ and the female who has
persistently attacked her at dawn for well over a week
culminates in 3 separate attacks during the morning, of great
ferocity. At 3.15pm White
EJ removes a broken egg from the nest. It is thought to
have been laid that morning.
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Tuesday
20th April
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After
spending the last 3 days sitting on the edge of the nest White
EJ crouches in the centre and later appears to be turning
an egg. Henry takes over incubation duties after
delivering a fish. Egg-laying confirmed that night when White
EJ spends her first night on the nest.
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Wednesday
5th May
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Egg
count confirms THREE eggs.
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Wednesday
26th May
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After
much deliberation, White EJ is now officially named
'EJ'
Chick
#1 hatches.
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Friday
28th May
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Chick
#2 hatches.
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Monday
31st May
|
Chick
#3 hatches.
[Later to be nicknamed 'Baldrick' by volunteers and staff at LG. Bullied by his siblings he had to hatch 'cunning plans' to get fed]
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Monday
5th July
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Ringing
Yellow
27 (F) (40 days) Darvic ring left
leg, BTO ring right leg
Yellow
29 (?) (38 days) Darvic ring left
leg, BTO ring right leg
Yellow
28 (M) (35 days) Darvic ring left
leg, BTO ring right leg
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Saturday
17th July
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Yellow
27 fledges (52 days)
EJ starts fishing (eldest juvenile 52 days old)
EJ Fishing Stats
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Thursday
22nd July
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Yellow
29 fledges (55 days)
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Tuesday
3rd August
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Yellow
28 fledges (64 days)
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Tuesday
10th August
|
EJ
last seen.
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Friday
13th August
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Yellow
27 last seen (79 days)
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Saturday
28th August
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Yellow
29 last seen (92 days)
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Sunday
12th September
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Henry
and Yellow 28 (104 days) last seen.
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