Ospreys have followed up their return to Kielder last month with new eggs in several nests in the forest.
It's the 13th year in a row that the fish eating eagles have returned to Northumberland, with their presence in the county during the summer months has been dubbed "the soap opera in the skies" in that time. And the new twist in the plot has seen all but one of the breeders from the seven successful nests last year return, with two ospreys born in Kielder among them.
There are now at least 16 eggs on five nests in Kielder Forest, with the Nest 7 female KX7 having laid three eggs, the last of which was towards the end of April. Elsewhere throughout the forest, Nest 1A has a full clutch of four eggs for the fifth time in six years.
