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DAILY UPDATES - Loch Garten nest - June 2019

scylla
01/06/2019 14:41

We carry on in the absence of dearest EJ (RIP):

Courtesy of MIKE but he may not remember this particular wet morning ;-*

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No-one seen overnight.

DAYCAM 03:55

We had a Stonechat !!!

It came back again and again to the same perch, this is one example:

And another:

Then it chose a different perch !!!  Sensational ;)

One outage:

That's up to 14:25.

IMAGICAT

  • 13/06/2019 14:55
    I agree that LG have to try to do whatever the experts think best to attract the ospreys back although removing the camera does seem a strange idea. As others have said, it doesn't seem to have inhibited returning and indeed new ospreys at this and other nests.
    What worries me too is the effect that no webcam is going to have on scylla and other dedicated posters. I hope LG factored that into their risk management approach at this nest. :-/
  • 13/06/2019 15:49

    I am baffled by this decision, but it is clearly terminal now.  Nest cam is static.  They are not using treecam either as the cam has been switched off.

    Birdie's DU Summaries 2018   https://www.imagicat.com/

  • 13/06/2019 15:58
    Still it seems our Scylla, MC, is unaware of this decision. Thank goodness.

    Birdies LG DU update.

  • 13/06/2019 16:00

    Probably thinking what to write Mike without the risk of being banned and also conscious of young readers for she is around as I have seen her posting on the Glaslyn thread!!

    And I am not making fun as like others, I really feel for the online community and especially Scylla who has faithfully reported on the comings and goings of this nest.    

  • 13/06/2019 16:01

    I'm not too sure about that Mike, she liked a couple of my posts from this afternoon on this thread.

    © Scottish Wildlife Trust - Loch of the Lowes

  • 13/06/2019 16:22

    Thank you for thinking of me and our other dear stalwarts, KORKY.  As you may imagine, I was thrilled to see the "live" nest when I unveiled this afternoon, and I immediately read the early-morning posts and started catchup and was even more thrilled to see that I'd come back up as early as 09:12...

    Then it went down again ??? :(((  And up and down and "Up Next..."  Uh-oh!

    Then I realised how many pages there were here, and saw Jess's post :(

    SHEILA pulled no punches, but in her customarily lady-like way:

    I am baffled by this decision...

    That sums it up for me, thank you Sheila! :-*

    AND:

    They are not using treecam either as the cam has been switched off.

    I would have appreciated not being left dangling and wondering what to do with now-spare laptop real estate.

    Do you think Peter might know what's happening about the treecam?

    Overwhelmingly I am relieved that EJ wasn't here to be insulted by the cam this season.

    IMAGICAT

  • 13/06/2019 16:29
    MC I am so relieved that Sheila has spoken for you!! LOL
    Even more relieved that the defibrillator was not required!
    I hope you've read the new thread started by Tiger?

    Birdies LG DU update.

  • 13/06/2019 19:31

    From the blog "just in case a new osprey is jumpy around them", and "So, small steps maybe, but I have to say that even if these measures don't work, it has made us feel a bit better just giving them a go".
    That sounds to me like clutching at straws, which is not a criticism as I would also try anything on the off-chance it works. Ian

  • 13/06/2019 21:18
    Hi, We are now live from the gantry. As Jess mentioned in the blog it has no microphone and no IR light.
  • 13/06/2019 21:25 in reply to Carnyx Wild
    Unknown said:
    Hi, We are now live from the gantry. As Jess mentioned in the blog it has no microphone and no IR light.

    Thank you. Fingers crossed for a visitor or two very soon

    Copyright RSPB LG/Carnyx Wild