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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22.18.01 Louis made a surprise delivery, fish number five is a whole tiddler so small it's difficult to see, so I took a slo-mo. There's a half-way good shot of it at 22.18.07 which I used for the thumbnail. Might be the new record smallest!
It seems to have been a peaceful, routine, night. After a flyabout Aila took a short turn on the Robin's perch but didn't stay long:
No Louis yet.
IMAGICAT
Oh gosh, MARY, I thought my MovieMaker had gone wrong too, but everything's seized up and I see there's another blooming Windows Update pending, I have to shut everything down and reboot! A chick fight is to be inserted!
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Chick fight inserted!
No time to watch it! So who started this one?!
Good Morning everyone
No breakfish from Louis as yet.
Aila moving the soft furnishings around
Aila trying her best to cover the chicks.... won't be long until that is futile
Lost connection to RSPB but was still connected to other sites. Then when tried to repost, it had logged me out, and had to re-join forum again.
SCYLLA - I hope your MM is working alright, mines is still in the frozen zone!
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Scylla "No time to watch it! So who started this one?!" The middle chick. As usual (for the moment) the oldest chick prevailed. Ian
Louis has landed a small to medium size fish. Don't think it will last long.
Couldn't get a clear shot of the fish
Poor Louis his crop looks pretty empty - don't think there is any point in him coming back for this one
It looks like Aila swallowed the tail at 08.27. Ian
Good morning all, that fish was so small, I think Louis left in embarassment! Scylla, love your 'feathers' art photo from your 05.28 post, absolutely beautiful.
09.34, larger headless fish. Ian
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