On the main nest the regular pair SS and Mrs O have been making use of their time to do a spot of tidying up of the twigs and sticks and the occasional scraping into the bottom of the nest by SS, writes Diane Bennett, Tweed Valley Osprey Project Officer.
SS is still bringing fish for a persistent Mrs O and their partnership has held well.
There was a nest visit from a stranger bird on August 3.
Video recording showed that SS began to mantle and show distress as another bird landed on the nest.
She perched on the edge of the nest staring out across the valley and didn’t settle, while SS turned his back on her and mantled his wings.
It was thought that the bird was Mrs O at first but it was only when examining the footage closely and zooming in on freeze frame that it was obvious that this female had no leg rings at all, whereas Mrs O has a silver BTO ring on her right leg...
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