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Daily Update Wednesday 6th May 2015.

Limpy
06/05/2015 07:02
Much Quieter at Loch Garten .
 
Yesterday was much quieter at Loch Garten with just a little showing of the intruder which Odin seems to have dealt with not too much fuss.
Yesterday was sadly a very wet day for EJ and she did look so uncomfortable.
Odin was last seen on the nest at 07:54. And has not been seen at the nest for sixteen hours so where is he?
 
The start of a new day EJ is sitting on the eggs and it looks like it has stopped raining.
And all is very quiet on the nest and still no sign of Odin.

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  • 06/05/2015 16:33 in reply to ChloeB

    Good morning all (well, it's not, really, but thanks everyone for all the info on events so far). All very confusing, and worrying. Re contacting the Centre, Jen has been really meticulous so far this season in keeping us informed, so I quite confident that we'll an update before long.

    Oh, poor EJ - intruder on the nest again, bold as brass - she tries to fend him off while still covering the eggs.

  • 06/05/2015 16:34 in reply to Oldshoremore

    Hi, Oldshoremore and Brenda - and everyone else!!

    Our herring gulls are red listed birds.  Think about that the next time you hear some flaming idiot calling for a cull of them.

  • 06/05/2015 16:35 in reply to Clare

    My heart sank when I logged in and seen 178 replies in DU, I knew then that things were not good.   

    I feel sick to my stomach reading what has gone on this morning since I left, thank you so much Scylla for the videos, and everyone for your posts, pics at what must have been very dramatic to watch.

    I see one of the intruders still persisting or was that Odin who was last on the nest. 

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  • 06/05/2015 16:36 in reply to Clare

    I did email Richard last season to ask if it was helpful us us to call the Centre when the live stream went down as the thingmebob to reset it is in the building - the very nice response I got said, on the whole, it's not.

    Our herring gulls are red listed birds.  Think about that the next time you hear some flaming idiot calling for a cull of them.

  • 06/05/2015 16:37 in reply to Clare

    Hi Clare. This intruder is not easily frightened. He will make a great partner for another female, but not EJ.

  • 06/05/2015 16:39 in reply to Brenda H

    He's certainly one tough character!

    Our herring gulls are red listed birds.  Think about that the next time you hear some flaming idiot calling for a cull of them.

  • 06/05/2015 16:39 in reply to Clare

    The facts.

    1. It seems as if Odin has been missing for about 26 hours.

    Now unless he reappears quite soon it really is a huge crisis. Worst of all the rain is due back before lunch. 

    Males have gone missing before, most notably  8 (97) at Manton Bay in 2008 and the eggs did not hatch.

    Odin himself went missing in 2009.

    The female at Wigtown went missing for 41 hours  in 2010? and the nest was fine.

    Not so last year at Tweed Valley. 

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  • 06/05/2015 16:40 in reply to MaryGK

    MaryGK said:

    My heart sank when I logged in and seen 178 replies in DU, I knew then that things were not good.   

    I feel sick to my stomach reading what has gone on this morning since I left, thank you so much Scylla for the videos, and everyone for your posts, pics at what must have been very dramatic to watch.

    I see one of the intruders still persisting or was that Odin who was last on the nest. 

    Odin has NOT been on the nest MA. RY but the current  tweeting from EJ is definitely not a *********  pesky intruder

  • 06/05/2015 16:42 in reply to Brenda H

    Hi Brenda - yes, a very confident intruder - looked quite at home standing on the rim of the nest. I think the really worrying thing about watching the cam at the moment is the uncertainty - NOT KNOWING what, if anything has happened to Odin.