There was a new entry this morning on the Troot in the Shed 2014 homepage by James, announcing that this morning as the pupils went for their routine “troot check”, most eggs had hatched!

This is the earliest we’ve had ova hatching on Stronsay (14/02 in 2011 – 15/02 in 2012 and 18/02 in 2013) but the mild winter has probably sped up the process.

Mortality has been kept to a minimum and so far, things are looking good!

Mr P.