The arrival of our couple, virtually together, was first snapped @ 19:12
©SANDRA !!!
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©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 ;)
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The first was the best ;)
He sat here for ages after his second nestcupping:
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I'm not sure that Aila was in the mood for this!
So Louis flew off and returned with another spindly stick!
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Great coverage, SHEILA, thank you! I don't feel "up to" doing any more videos for this nest today.
I did find a successful mating but Louis had to work hard to get a suitable reaction:
Louis spent some time alone on the nest before finally leaving:
Good morning, Louis has just delivered breakfast. No photo as the forum keeps telling me not a valid file, iPad.
Just caught somebody on the nest before they flew off Who? Does that mean normal service is resumed?
That must have been Louis for here comes Aila with the remains of a fish
It's a double osprey moment
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Sadly, I can no longer upload photos on this site. Not sure if it's me or them. EDIT inserting a jpeg not a png file seemed to work
Good morning and thank you for the posts JaneV Patily and Korky. Great captures Patily. So pleased things seem to have settled down on this nest
Oh Korky, you must have been uploading as I was posting. Well caught indeed for the double Osprey moment