To say that this last seven days has been a crazy week would certainly be an understatement. This is the 10th year that ospreys have been breeding in Wales, but the events of last week are certainly the most frenetic and exciting that I have ever seen.
Let's try and break things down into days and try to understand and make sense of what has gone on:
Sunday, April 28th
Nora has not returned and Monty has pair bonded, to various degrees, with two females to date. Both of them are unringed and to avoid confusion we've called them Elin and Seren. On Sunday morning, however, Monty had a third female on his nest, but this time a ringed bird - Blue FS.
This osprey was ringed as a chick near Dores, Loch Ness, Scotland on 14th July, 2010, so she is three years old. Blue FS had been with Monty since the day before but despite bringing her 10 fish in less than 24 hours, she showed no interest whatsoever in mating with him. All of his advances were rejected.
Monty, under the claw, big time. This image is called "The Stare"