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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Aila returning after a 15-minute break:
Rain glistening on her back (good idea re the osprella, SHEENA ;) When she has osplets we call it a mumbrella):
Another restless, wary phase followed:
She was settled for quite a while but then went into another restless phase, but the cam was buffering a lot.
She's in a cycle of serenity-to-defence, she just finished a defence right now.
Cam recovered while I wasn't focused on it.
Come daycam, Aila is relaxed:
She's almost constantly looking away from us and towards where Louis should appear from, so I had to work to catch her little face ;) Louis not seen yet. He might even have been skydancing but my sound is muted.
G'night!
This might be the day for a second egg?
(c) WT Loch Arkaig
I have internet probs today and everything is taking for ever to do.
10.31 Louis arrived with some fresh green nesting material
My turn at incubating?
10.33 Not yet
What's up there?
Not sure, not bothered, but then he flew off
10.36
10.44 Aila incubates and looks quite relaxed
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They've been working nicely in unison!
ca 11.55 Aila gets up and takes a comfort break, flying off to the right
Louis appears a few seconds later from the left
12.13 Aila returns with the 'hedgehog' licheny clump, to her left and Louis takes off
12.22 Freya, and it starts to rain]