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| Iona and Fingal at the nest - by Claire Hammond |
The second chick hatched on Sunday 5th May, again witnessed by John Clare as he went to check on the white tailed sea eagles over the weekend as it has been so wet.
Yesterday it rained all day and we arrived to find both Iona and Fingal on the nest eating some carrion that had been brought into the nest.
The female bird at different times has got up and moved around removing the rain from her body with a quick shake down and then back on the nest keeping the chicks protected.
Fingal flew off about 10.45 am and had not come back when we left at 3pm yesterday. Thankfully, the weather had justed started to clear a little. I did hear him calling to her about 2pm when the public were in the hide so he was not far away.
We wish for some dry weather to give these chicks a chance this week .
No pics as yet but we hope to have some for the next update later this week....
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