The arrival of our couple, virtually together, was first snapped @ 19:12
©SANDRA !!!
©RICHARD G B
©SHEENA
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Yikes !!! I thought I must have missed it but it's all there waiting for attention :)))
Thank you, everyone, for the super captures and info :)
I can't believe they arrived together - but they did! ;-D
Three matings altogether, only the first successful, IMHO. They were on the nest nearly 13 minutes, this is cut down to 5 but no significant activity missing - you know how they like to stand and (males) mantle and (females) look a bit nonplussed ;)
UNCUT VERSION:
The first was the best ;)
He sat here for ages after his second nestcupping:
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IMAGICAT
I'm very impressed with the quality of the streamed picture from Loch Arkaig, considering its location.
(c) WT Loch Arkaig
I rolled back to a fish delivery - good fish, withheld and flown off with :(
©WoodlandTrust, Arkaig
(Sorry, chaps, I'm under the weather today and unable to "perform" as normal.)
It is ENS at the moment but this is what I got on scroll-back at 2-12:10
I may have mended a very old laptop (netbook) and am attempting to record the nest on it, fingers crossed. I can't decide on a nice font for the timeline and it's not been lining up properly, toes crossed too!
Some snaps from the afternoon - I may have accidentally miscoloured them.
Stick ahoy!
Louis's nestcup progress, it was even deeper later, I'm sure:
Midges over the nest - there's a snap on the end showing the little bunch of mossy stuff he brought in: