I've been watching Quest as she spent her time in deep shade in the scrape today:







I think I see an egg in this pic:

Today's update from the blog:

Since his arrival in the early hours of Sunday, our resident male osprey has been busy organising his nest for the coming season. He immediately got to work, displaying some interesting cleaning techniques by using his body and splayed wings to flatten the growing grass tufts in the centre! It is possible for a female to reject a nest if it is deemed untidy enough upon her arrival, so this is a very important behaviour to witness.

On Sunday afternoon, the male treated spectators to a wonderful sight of himself returning from a successful fishing trip with a large pike grasped firmly in his talons. After returning safely from his arduous migration it’s a relief to see him demonstrating his great condition and hunting capabilities.

There is no sign yet of his usual mate, our resident female, but it is still early days and we have only just entered the typical osprey arrival period. However yesterday we received reports of 4 ospreys over the loch, and at 8.10am this morning an unidentified female arrived on the nest. She began making herself quite at home, kicking out grass and adding a stick to the nest. So far, there has been no observed interaction with our male but we will keep you all informed of any interesting developments as and when they happen!

The update also has a couple of photos.

http://blogs.scottishwildlifetrust.org.uk/osprey/2015/03/24/osprey-update-24th-march/

I haven't seen anyone at the nest today so far.

I am so very sad to read Donna's post about the loss of Soara. What a beautiful young peregrine, with so much potential, who should have had a long future ahead of her. I wish she could at least have survived to be an education bird.

I will never understand the mentality of those who apparently enjoy shooting wild creatures. They are disgusting individuals. Unfortunately, they are very rarely found and charged with what they have done.

First egg for the Brighton pair very early this morning:



http://sussexheights.co.uk/sussex-heights-brighton-peregrine-falcons-nestbox-camera

The Saker falcons now have four eggs!

They are such beautiful little birds.

Congratulations to Yankee and Dixie on their first egg!

I can't see the egg, but I am pretty sure there is one:

From the blog today:

We are delighted to announce that at 5.38am this morning the resident male returned to the nest at Loch of the Lowes. Having been observed fishing on the loch the previous night, he arrived back at the eyrie in the early hours and immediately began housekeeping duties. He left at 6.18am and has since reappeared briefly at the nest at 7.28am.

We will be releasing a full statement and pictures later on today – in the meantime keep your eyes peeled on the web cam for more osprey action!

Hoping Lady will arrive soon  . . .

Bonding at the nest:

 

Beauty; I love her delicate coloring.

         

Before it snowed:





Tonight: so much snow.

The Saker falcon cam is active again. I could see two eggs in the nest.





The female went into egg laying position:



And then there were three eggs:



Her mate came to see the new egg:



http://www.mavir.hu/web/mavir-en/bird-observation

First egg for the Richmond pair on the evening of March 20:

I hope Athena and Six are somewhere safe, with all the snow and blowing snow today.

Bonnie, that is a beautiful photo of Athena.

I think it would be safer for Dorothy not to lay eggs this year. Becoming eggbound is life threatening, and I don't want to see her go through that again. I will be happy if she just stays healthy. She has already done more than her share to increase the peregrine population.

I have also been seeing a male at the nest, and I'm pretty sure it's E2.

Great capture of Pigott and George, Donna!

I am so glad that Pigott moved away from Rochester to find her own nest and her own mate. I hope this year will be very successful for them.