Link to previous thread: Loch of the Lowes - June 2019
The season so far: LM12 (Laddie) arrived back 15 March and LF15 (Lassie) on 23 March. Lassie laid 3 eggs on 4, 7 and 10 April hatching 11, 12 and 16 May. Sadly on 26 May tragedy struck and the third chick died. The remaining two chicks were ringed on 26 June as follows: #1 Blue PT4 (M) and #2 Blue PT5 (M).
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Good morning all
Around 8:40, Laddie delivered a corker of a fish to PT4, PT5 was still eating his fish (as reported by Mike)
Just 10:10, PT5 (centre) took the remainder of the fish PT4 had been eating from (easily taken as PT4 had eaten enough)
10:20(ish) Laddie delivered a live fish to PT5 (he grabbed Laddie's foot, fish was flapping on the nest)
PT5 managed to capture the fish
10:28 Present scene (PT5)
10:35 ANOTHER fish from Laddie, PT5 was still eating the remains of the other one!
PT5 looking at the new 'arrival'
10:57 PT5 'guarding' fish from PT4 who had arrived on the nest
11:02 PT4 flew from the nest. He'd not shown any interest in taking PT5's fish
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11:17 PT5 still holding onto the fish
11:22 He's now got two, Laddie delivers a headless fish
11:30
11:42 PT5 collected the other fish
I wish PT4 would come to the nest again, plenty of fish on offer!
11:50 PT5 eating from the headless fish
12:15 PT5 walked away from the 'headless' fish, picked up the other one and flew off with it
12:35 The discarded fish is still on the nest, quite surprised as a corvid was bothering PT5 when he was eating!
14:56 PT4 lands on the nest, he's not seen the discarded fish that PT5 had left behind
15:05 He has now! He had a few 'double take' stares before realising lol
15:20 He was enjoying his fish but stopped, gave a few mild chipping calls and flew off the nest with his part fish
No other fish deliveries seen
19:31 PT5 landed on the nest, joined by PT4 (front)
19:40 PT5 flew from the nest
As a note, I haven't seen Lassie on the nest since the morning of 25th July
20:20 Laddie brought a fish to an empty nest
PT4 flew in. When landing, he stood on the fish which released it from Laddie's talons
20:42 Fish all gone, PT4 flew from the nest
21:10 Laddie with another
Unfortunately for PT4, who tried to claim the live fish, Laddie flew off with it (IMO not a bad thing as Laddie looked as if he could do with eating a whole fish for himself)
21:11 PT5 incoming (left)
21:13 PT5 flew from the nest (left)
21:15 PT4 left also
One of the boys tucking into a fish
Laddie delivered a fish 10,14 approx. One of the juvies was waiting on the nest.
Scene just now 10.30, PT5 has the fish as PT4 looks on.
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PT5 has scoffed the whole fish and has flown, PT4 on the nest still waiting.