LM12 arrived on Friday 15 March, and his regular mate, LF15, on Saturday 23 March. Since then, we've seen them renewing their bond, with skydancing, mating, fish, mating, more fish, more mating, oh, and perfecting the nest. Going on their past performance from the 4 years they've been together, I reckon we can expect the first egg to be laid anytime from 4 April onwards. (Thanks to Chloe B and Tiger for this fabulous data-rich website)
It was pouring! But it seems to have eased now. The ducks and geese are enjoying it in the background tho!
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Birdie's DU Summaries 2018 https://www.imagicat.com/
She's been restless but not alarmed.
I'm going to drag these (resized) and to hell with the wrong order (see timeline if it matters ;) ) and unspacedness ;)
I can nearly see right down your throat, dear :-*
IMAGICAT
Thought I would branch out and twig you with todays Log about the Log.
Laddie begins first lift
Perching testing
Ok lets try this side!
Now where is she? .. ooh no idea why this pic is so large sorry
Testing out stability...health and safety and all :
Log last seen^ in precarious postion
Here endeth todays Log
Well the resizing worked - not !!!
Oh! I forgot all about the log !!! I'll see what I've got, SHEENA, sorry :'(
EDIT - I forgot about the log so thoroughly that I deleted all files up to the 2nd, mindful of how quickly hard drives fill up and suddenly the recorder says "no space to record"...
Very, very sorry :( It's a mega-shame because the cam was so good at that time.
http://scottishwildlifetrust.org.uk/things-to-do/wildlife-webcams/loch-of-lowes/
RSPB Giving Nature a Home
Someone is manning the cam, we had a zoomed-out view, then a close-up of Lassie:
Then another zoomed-out view:
Now it's going black intermittently.
Extremely windy!
22:53 The cam has just zoomed in on Lassie as she had made her way closer to the nest bowl (or is it bole?). She had been on the back edge of the nest
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It's ten days since she came back. Worth noting what Karen said of Maya at Manton Bay. 'It is only 10 days since 33 has been back so it is quick for Maya to lay her first egg. I wonder if this has anything to do with her being back before 33 and having had time to get herself into tip top condition.' Of course, LF15 didn't have the time Maya had to recover from her migration before re-bonding with LM12. Time will tell!
Had a dream she’d laid an egg.
She’s in the nest cup making little piping noises so maybe...