Uk's Oldest Breeding Osprey has 56th Egg in 20 Years with a New 'Toy Boy'

The ScotsmanApril 14, 2010

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THE grand old lady of Scotland's ospreys has astounded wildlife experts by returning to her summer home at a wildlife reserve in Perthshire and producing an egg for a record-breaking 20th consecutive year.

The osprey is now 25 - over three times the normal lifespan for the bird, and well beyond the 14 years after which they are normally unable to produce chicks.

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Uk's Oldest Breeding Osprey has 56th Egg in 20 Years with a New 'Toy Boy'

But any doubts about her fertility vanished yesterday after the bird was spotted protectively hunched over an egg at the Scottish W...

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