Archive for May 29th, 2010
May 29th by Ian under Materials and Construction
The post on Osprey diary 7 includes some remarks about Spey bay, I was at our laboratory for the Fochabers by pass, so could visit Spey bay during spare time. The reason I had spare time was our lab was being assessed for accreditation by UKAS assessors, and I was the virtual spare person at a wedding. This, because my assistants were the builders and I was the architect, so well done Jamie and Sandy, master builders.
Everyone who has achieved UKAS accreditation knows the difficulties, so I would like to thank John Macavoy, chief materials engineer for the M74 …
May 29th by Ian under Bird Watching, Travels, my Friends travels
On the 22 of May at about 7.30 am I was on spot to do my Osprey watch, I am expecting to see chick feeding as i reckon the eggs should have hatched as she was sitting from the 10 of April, and perhaps a few days before. Well she was sitting and he was perched nearby and not a lot was happening except she moved off the cup a few times. On one occasion when off, she picked up a fish from the nest edge, fed herself and once or twice bent into the nest cup, that to me …