After lots of courtship, fish handovers, nest building, mating and the odd intrusion by another Osprey(!) we now have the first egg at the Careys Secret Garden nest. This is fantastic news and 2 days earlier than last year. We’ll expect the next eggs to be laid 3 days apart, so Wednesday could be when we see the next one. The average time for the eggs to hatch is 37 days although the first egg often takes 40 days, due to delayed incubation. So, we’re looking at hatching between 20th-23rd May! Since egg-laying both CJ7 and 022 have been dutifully brooding.

Close-up of the first Egg

Our Carey Osprey Tours start this week offering the exclusive chance to come and see the nesting pair and now their first egg in person! If you’re lucky you could even witness the next eggs being laid. Now that we have our first egg, CJ7 will be spending almost all of her time at the nest as she begins to brood, so it’s a great time to come and see the Carey Ospreys. You can find out more and book here.

CJ7 and her first Egg

You can follow along with all the updates on the LIVE webcams here as we await the next egg to be laid!