I thought I'd start a new thread for Aberfoyle. Especially for Sandra (other dedicated Aberfoyle watchers are also available).
Here's the link to last year's thread.
Clarach and her beau both arrived on 15 April last year. Here's the countdown clock (from Pete Dee's site)
Clarach arrived back at her nest on 10 April 2019
Fabulous shot, Mike! :)
Birdies LG DU update.
I only switched back to the cam, Mike, after the event (I was posting Clarach snaps on here) when I saw two on the nest - well done though, absolutely brilliant!
Clarach flew above the cam again
Copyright FLS Aberfoyle
Cam offline after a very exciting day at the nest
Cracking shots, Mike and Sandra!
Is anything known about him other than hatched nr Loch Lomond and one of three? Loch Lomond is a large area, and 'near' could be anywhere of course! There seem to be a number of birds who come from the area. One I remember was Cruin from 2012, but wasn't ringed. He was from Inchcruin one of the islands in the Loch. People were reported for getting to close to the nest. Cruin was a single chick. Blue 69(11) m the male at Kielder Nest 4 is another from LL.
Birdie's DU Summaries 2018 https://www.imagicat.com/
Excellently done Mike and Sheena . Very well captured indeed. Hooray :)
Thanks everyone for the captures.
Big hope is that White CL is not "Two Timing" Clarach.
He looks a good match, and Clarach seems to like him.
Let's hope things progress, a few fish deliveries would be good to see now.
Also eyes open in a couple of weeks for LH0 coming to see his Mam!
ColinA
I've been dipping in and out of the view at Aberfoyle this morning but not seen anything.
However, as I'm going out shortly, it'll start to kick off soon.
Clarach on the nest, male flew in and mating occurred. After standing at the side of the nest, he attempted to bond again but slid off
Male head markings
Looks like a blue ring on the left leg? EDIT - no, white I think
Snaps added by edit to keep within the time frame of events
Clarach laying in nest
A fly by
Watching
And again