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
Hopefully I can give a couple of clues to juvenile ID, apart from the rings obviously! Rannoch is the bigger of the two (remember there was some speculation that Mallie might be a boy) and has a much more pronounced necklace/bib (probably the difference easiest to spot). Of the two, I think Mallie has the lighter feather colours & sometimes I think I can see a similar "flamenco dancer" marking on the back of her head to Louis. Generally (although not exclusively) Mallie is the noisier of the two :) Ian
Mallie just landed after Aila shot off the cam post. Fish ahoy??
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Rannoch's got a WHOPPER but Mallie's waiting... and may have taken it as I type :o
I'm doing catchup so will cover it eventually.
CATCHUP
The overnight buffering merged into the regular 4am buffer, from which the cam emerged recovered :)
Louis managed to fish (and eat!) this misty morning:
Aila joined him in a second:
Then Mallie:
Feed soon over, Mallie had a prance around and left, as did Aila not long after:
Mallie paid another brief visit then came back and got another FISH!
Rannoch turned up (that's a relief, where's she been?!):
But she only managed to get a cast-off morsel, which took a long time to eat, then she gave up waiting and left, Mallie finished fish and left:
Short visits:
Very vocal Aila:
Up to campost, didn't see her leave:
Aila brought some invisible twigs, then up to Robin's perch and away:
Rannoch had tantrums ;) and off she flew:
Both turned up:
Mallie did a little stick-shifting and left:
No intruder alarms but Rannoch played safe:
What a nice surprise she got! Maybe not a 'whopper' but a very good whole fish:
Trouble?
Rannoch managed to keep the fish :) EDIT - but not for long !!!
To be continued...
ENS and the gentle sounds of plip plops. It looks a rather wet nest even if it isn't pouring
Now you mention it, SHEILA, maybe it was a mackerell :)
scylla said:Rannoch managed to keep the fish :) EDIT - but not for long !!!
But she did get it back... when Mallie had had enough:
Having had a look at the fish I reckon it is a small Coalfish or Pollock. Difficult to tell which one when only that size, but I would opt more for Coalfish due to its dark colour and white line along the flank, but still an unusual catch.
A noisy brief visit by Mallie, in the rain. She called well before she landed! Called, and moved a stick
and called again
She got up close and personal with cam, but I deleted it instead of saving it - amid a cold caller that I ended up shouting at too!!
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