Link to May 2020 thread
Aila and Louis' first chick hatched on Friday 29 May. Perhaps we can expect number 2 and 3 to hatch on 1 and 4 June.
May brought lots of fish, clods, shag pile, sticks, osprey and owl intruders and fame to Aila and Louis, appearing on the BBC, Channel 4 and Chris Packham's Self Isolating Bird Club Live.
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Aila had settled down to brood the chicks, Louis took the fish away at 05.52 am.
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Louis brought the fish back @ 07.03
It is still a good size and Aila proceeds to feed the chicks but she is standing in the way
Louis flies off
Aila finishes feed and settles down at 07.09
Fish still on the nest, I am trying to see if Louis is in his tree, but the stream is a bit more pixilated with being windy today.
Aila is cheeping every now and then, for what I don't know
Morning all, just imagine the last thing you see is the sharp beak and focused eyes of an Osprey inches away.. Fish arrived at 05.37.46, big whole trout, still flapping. Aila started tearing into it immediately, think that tail flap at 05.40 was the final gasp for it, hope so for its sake!
https://youtu.be/8jEbyhu0zyE
scylla said:
During the early hours Aila had 2 flyabouts in quick succession, I couldn't see why but am in a rush:
Hi Scylla, I just had another look at Aila's off-nest break at 03.19, and I see a shape do a fly past of the nest in her absence. After she returns at 03.20, unusually she leaves again two minutes later at 03.22 returning at 03.23. Is that a Tawny owl-shaped blur or an Aila-shaped blur at 03.19.55? I put in a go-to link to take you straight to the fly-past.
https://youtu.be/rjOsHUTZwCo Slo-mo
10.55, Louis brings back the fish. Aila was not fish calling before he arrived but is now! Louis shaping up to feed (either Aila or the bobs by the position of his beak) but Aila is still sitting on the bobs. Eventually she stands and takes the fish to feed. Ian
11.16, nice whole fish from Louis. Aila takes it from him to start a feed. Louis has a hold of the older fish but lets it go. Louis nicely blocking sight of the feed. Ian
EDIT - 11.26, feed finished, Louis takes the new fish away leaving the older one on the nest.