Thursday, March 22, 2007

Ospreys are back!

The 2007 Osprey season is almost on us and birds have already been sighted in this area.

I attended a refresher course today for the Tweed Valley Osprey Watch volunteers and the two viewing centres will be re-opening at Easter. Hopefully all our birds will have returned safely from Africa in time for mating.

Although the location of the nests are a closely guarded secret there is live coverage by CCTV from one of the nests which is broadcast in the viewing centres.

I am hopeful that this year I will be one of the volunteers who is chosen to visit a nest site in July when it is time for the chicks to be ringed.

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