Here's hoping Clarach comes back safely from migration and has a more successful year. Here's the link to the last post of last year's thread. She's 'due' back on 10 April.
Here's a bit of her history at this nest.
2017, first breeding season. Clarach arrived 19 April 2017, and mated with unknown male, laying 3 eggs 4th, 7th and 10th May. The third chick hatched/died 15th June, the other two on 12th and 13th June. Male LHO took his first flight 4th August, Male LH1 9th August. Clarach departed 1st September, LHO 3rd, LH1 12th September.
Clarach came back in 2018 but sadly lost her eggs to ravens. In 2019, she returned on 10 April, and partnered first with White CL, a 2008 bird hatched at Loch Lomond. He disappeared and was replaced by an unringed male on 3 May, and Clarach was seen to be incubating by 6 May (who was the daddy...?!). But she'd abandoned the nest by the end of May and Dyfi posted that her eggs had been predated. It was difficult to keep up with the nest as the webcam failed but FLS posted updates on their Facebook page.
Fingers crossed for this year, for both Clarach and the webcam.
Birdies LG DU update.
Richard B
Such a shame no one showed on the cam today :-( Better luck tomorrow folks!
EJ's Memorial Balgavies Loch Ospreys 2023
Thanks everyone, for continuing to monitor this nest. Whoever that visiting bird was (was it yesterday?), Clarach or another bird, she may be checking out other Osprey nest sites. Fingers crossed that it was Clarach and that she returns to wait for a male to join her at Aberfoyle, but she (or the other bird?) might just settle down somewhere else with another male. Considering the return rate at the moment, she may find another nest with a waiting male. Once the restrictions ease up, I hope someone (one of the Roy Dennis crew, perhaps, who know a lot of nests not known to the public!) can scour the area and find her. I'd be happy if they found her and told us, even if they need to keep the knowledge of the nest site secret!
Kind regards, Ann
Hi Ann
It would come under Dave Anderson’s area to check, he is in charge of all of Loch Lomond National Park area, including eagles. It would be good to know if Clarach is back and if she is, we will probably find via their Facebook page, So we will have to keep checking it to see if they have posted any updates.
I hope so Ann, it won’t be for the want of watching the webcam in the hope of catching her on there, also if we ever get out of lock down I will take a drive over to Aberfoyle to see what can be found out about what is happening there.