Link to June 2019 thread (Following Karen's excellent example of providing useful links....)
On 1 July, chick 1 is 30 days old. Chick 2, from egg 3, is 27 days old.
Apart from the sad failure-to-hatch of egg 2 , everything has been reasonably settled on the nest, and Louis is in the running for Mary's 'Fisherman of the Year Award'.
Link to webcam, courtesy of The Woodland Trust
13-31 Hercules aircraft passes through background view along Loch Airkaig line, left to right . Aila watched and chicks were just chilled, not bothered, and all unperturbed.
All looking quite alert
(c) WT Loch Arkaig
15-16 Another fair size headless fish arrives...and Louis 's first reaction, given the look, is... you haven't finished the last one yet!After several minutes, and some chatter, and being nobody grabs the fish ...Louis flies off with it
IMAGICAT
scylla said:Intruder alert, close by, tried to land I would think but I'm at Manton Bay right now...
Not seen trying to land but must have been quite low overhead - just an excerpt:
Three quite loud "coughs" - don't you be sickening for something, Rannoch! :-*
Wide-eyed Aila approaching camperch time.
I really thought she saw someone but it came to nothing:
Then she prepared for the leap:
After this frame she was a complete blur:
I'm packing up now :)