The arrival of our couple, virtually together, was first snapped @ 19:12
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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
It is really windy at Arkaig this morning.....
Aila posing for us all - she is a pretty Osprey is she not.
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patily said:That was odd Aila was laying in the nest cup and suddenly she got up and started shouting loudly I thought she was calling for breakfast but a few seconds later Louis (?) tried to land....no fish He made about 3 attempts but I couldn't tell, as only saw part of lower body, if he was trying to land on the nest or on Aila to mate but she was having none of it and kept pecking towards him She has been standing on the nest since after seeing off whoever it was I have spent agea tying to find it on scroll back but it happened so fast I can't an I have no more time to spend on it, sorry
Patily, that was an intruder with a Blue ring on the left leg.
Birdies LG DU update.
Scylla said
It means "Dozing" to Dover is to Doze - so Scylla you have learned something new. I do like to use these old words, because they will be lost by the next generation.
I just heard Louis sky dancing... only a little bit though....
EDIT - AAh Sheena I hadn't gone back to read from where I left off yesterday, I see you had explained it very well.
Louis arrives with a whole fish only to find that Aila left a short while ago. He has now flown off as well.
Polly I was just going to post that is was FS1 after painstakingly finding it on roll back. :-) Intruded before so I guess another LA Osprey.
You've probably been around for years and years Polly but to me you are 'new' to posting on Osprey threads and it's good to see. And if you an 'expert' or reserve person all the better but sorry I've had no knowledge of that. I've noticed other names that have not posted for a while. it's good to see them back.
Thanks Polly and Mary for the ID.
Just looked at Pete's sheet on UK Ospreys and no listing of FS1 but there is FS0 and FS2???
c- UK Ospreys/Pete Dee
Hopefully someone can enlighten us later.