Continued from April 2019
The season so far:
LM12 (Laddie) arrived back 15 March and LF15 (Lassie) on 23 March. They are currently incubating 3 eggs laid 4, 7 and 10 April with the first expected to hatch around 11 May.
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Aww, you can see the wee one moving inside.
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Laddie back.
And gone again.
Amazing seeing the wee chick move inside the shell. I had to turn down the sound earlier when Lassie was begging to be fed,
so glad he eventually obliged , what a good Lad he is.
22:35 Lassie didn't allow too much of a glance at the hatch progress
22:39
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I haven't cropped this any more because it might become even less clear.
There was no more movement before Lassie sat down.
Fancy being leant on when you're trying to be born!
IMAGICAT
Laddie either landing with or collecting FISH, Lassie shouting:
Unfortunately we weren't zoomed when Lassie got up and an osplet knocked over the empty half-shell:
That is followed by the afore-posted video.