What a disappointment at the Dippers nest this afternoon. I arrived at the site full of hope but with a bit of fear that whatever had predated the nest on Friday had been back. I jumped down the bank to take a quick peak in the nest, but I didn't need to. My worst fears were confirmed, there on the ground, just in front of the nest, was a smashed egg. I hardly needed to look inside the nest but I did, no eggs left and wet with yolk! Whatever had taken the eggs had made a terrible mess. I feared the worst, Had the........ whatever it was, taken the sitting female? There was no sign of them and I hadn't seen them on the walk up. At the time I had thought that was a good sign. Well as you can see from the picture, they are both safe and on the way back I watched them feeding. They were about as far from the broken nest that they could get. I am not 100% certain that it was my breeding pair but an educated guess would say it was.