LOCH OF THE LOWES – MAY 2019

Thanks Sandra.

Glimpses of eggshell, then bobblehead:

Lovely vid SCYLLA Thank you
Lassie was screeching loudly at an intruder of dome kind.....not seen but Lassie folowed their flight path

Unknown said:

Yes, very good news. And if this is the egg that Lowes say was chilled for 2.5 hours maybe the eggs at Loch Arkaig (chilled for 5 hours) will be ok (although I'm not sure whether there are parallels in terms of stage of development at chilling and time of day/night?)

Hi Korky, Glaslyn's WO(15) hatched from an 11 hour unattended egg that Aran had accidently knocked out of the nest cup, the weather in early June that year was quite warm though. Hopefully all will work out fine at LA as it has here at LotL 

Worth also remembering that the 2017 eggs at Loch Arkaig were left unattended overnight after Aila got spooked. I can't remember the month or weather conditions. That was the night that the inquisitive owl had a nosey around the nest but didn't touch the eggs. All three chicks hatched even though as we know only the irrepressible Lachlan survived. Ian

EDIT - I can't remember how many eggs were on the nest at the time, I think previous posts on the WT site have said that it was only the egg that became Lachie that was on the nest. Either way the point is that an egg left overnight hatched & thrived.

Oh yes, thanks for the reminder Ian

Laddie has made an appearance on the nest, no fish. Lassie is not happy!

22:03 Laddie flown

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Here's a snap

He can't understand what all the fuss is about.

Lol Starling! Here's hoping he brings her a nice fish early in the morning :)

Thanks for capturing on vid, Scylla. Did watch on phone and saw the vid posted.