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Archive for April, 2008

The Ospreys have moved house!

Thursday, April 24th, 2008

This spring it seems that Mrs Osprey has decided it is time to move to a new nest. The pair are setting up home on the opposite side of Bassenthwaite Lake on one of the new nest platforms built by the Osprey Project team last year. No camera has been set up yet to […]

The Ospreys are back

Friday, April 11th, 2008

The Bassenthwaite Ospreys arrived back at the nest yesterday after overwintering in North Africa. The pic is from the nestcam yesterday, just after they arrrived from their 3,000 mile journey. Both birds arrived within a few minutes of each other, something not seen before. Usually there is a least a few days […]

Spring lambs

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008

These lambs were photographed in the field next door to us yesterday. Driving into Keswick there are lambs in almost every field you look at, some newly born and others old enough to be running and jumping about.
Spring really is here - althought there is still ice & snow on the fells.
 
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