In order to put them on we had to sit on them for half an hour, as if we were hatching eggs.

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It also mentions that a million seabirds could have been exposed to the oil, and research shows that hatching success of oiled eggs was lower compared to unoiled eggs.

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Some have lost their tops, like eggs in the process of hatching.

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First, she showed that having extra eggs in a nest does indeed reduce hatching success.

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Four eggs were laid last year with three hatching.

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Mr Dennis is also an international expert on osprey so will no doubt be visiting the Dyfi Osprey Project to check up on the three osprey eggs which according to reserve warden Emyr Evans " Will be hatching around 27 May".

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