NEWS FROM OTHER NESTS - 2019

Many thanks for the info Korky and Mike :) So it is a faded yellow ring as Sheila suggested it could be

Jane, I'm glad it wasn't just us that was in confusion! lol

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Copyright WWT/Caerlaverock Ospreys

Found it for I followed Caalaverock back in 2015.

Here is a capture of Yellow 80 ..   the darvic is pale and he disappeared after his mate did not return but was sighted.

For comparison

another - maybe we can compare the headmark?

head mark ?

he was lovely, this is him feeding his chicks

I think that is enough for comparison  :-)

Brilliant! Thanks Karen :)

The camera is obviously on a loop (it has live coverage to 17.00) but what it is showing does give a good opportunity to make a comparison as he is front on to the camera. Ian

How doubly wonderful!! Well done detectives!

Apparently it should be 8O not 80 - that looks the same, LOL. 8O letter Oh, not zero.

If last year's pair turn up 'there may be trouble ahead'.
I can't find out when they were expected to return as the go-to website of expected return dates has wiped them...and substituted them for the new pair! UNLESS 8 April is the expected return date of last year's pair? Maybe 4 days til the rumble in the jungle.....

Starling, I see from last year's 'News from other nests' that you were very active monitoring this nest and first reported a bird there on 8 April?

Korky - I'm so sorry, yes I do keep up with the nest during the season, but my memory is really awful these days and no way can I remember anything much from a year ago :(

No need to apologise at all Starling. Your vigilance is reflected in last year's posts. It's just that it takes me an age to scroll through to find the right thread then the right page etc etc!

Korky - I've done some detective work and it would seem they either both returned on the 8th April, or within a day. The year before it was 9th April.