Loch Of The Lowes Osprey

[maggiebee]

This morning the male bird was distracted whilst incubating the three eggs and gave chase to an aerial predator. The female was away from the nest and so was unaware that the eggs where left undefended for a few minutes. During this time an opportunistic carrion crow landed on the nest and snatched one of the osprey eggs, after piercing its shell and eating some contents. Hope the other eggs are OK.