We have all waited patiently with fingers crossed to see if our pair of buzzards would settle down and raise a family on our webcam nest but after a lot of early activity they seem to gone to somewhere else. So not to worry here at Arne we have always got something else up our sleaves and I am sure a lot of you will remember our kestrel family from last year. They had a brilliant 2011 by succesfully raising four healthy chicks including the smallest one that worried a few people early on.
We have decided to put this nest back online now and you can also come and watch it in the visitor centre. The female is sitting on 5 eggs at the moment and this is the same as last year although one failed to hatch. We are not sure when she laid her eggs as she was already sitting on the 5 when we turned the camera back on a week ago. However we think she is at least 2 weeks earlier than last year and the first chick actually hatched on the 21st May 2011. It is a bit difficult to predict when they will hatch but the female will incubate for about 28. So given this information please feel free to have guesses on dates!
To Watch this webcam online follow the link on our main web page or click here http://www.rspb.org.uk/reserves/guide/a/arne/webcam.aspx
Don't be confused by the buzzard information still on the page it will be updated in the next couple of days!
Nice Wendy :-)
Swallow doing lots of preening on the nest late afternoon, passing the time probably!
Hi pudweena, doggie and anyone else watching - here are pics from this morning too too early!)...................
caught in the act of nest-raiding - blackbird screeching like crazy - didn't get lucky this time!!!
Thanks doggie - i look at your pics all the time! - Here's another short vid from two days ago - taken me that long to get around to uploading it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zf6rxOg2Ly4&feature=player_detailpage
Sooooo - how did you do that???
I will look now about puffling
It's true that you can't see puffling at the mo - is probably hidden by parent - there is an out-of-sight place bottom left of pic but it is unusual to see both parents in nest - puffling usually spends much time alone - it was that fact that made me wonder if there had been some kind of threat - RSPB lady had said they were vulnerable. Can't see how to reply to the poster Lunklet??
thanks doggie - just did that - takes me a while you know!!!!!!!!
A new very short vid for you.............
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09zWfTj65u0&feature=plcp
pass!!
Yes still here and enjoying the captures and videos of the gorgeous Kestrels (passing on the exchanges in Chinese between Wendy and Doggie though :-)