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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Afternoon all, was out today (vet appt) so just catching up and I see Liz B on WT chat says all this morning's alarms were due to an intruder Osprey. There was a flypast of the nest about 08.38, and then lots of alarm calling and flying about, and a face-off on Louis' perching tree until about noon. Dramatic stuff, and re-inforces my feeling that a second, wide-area, camera positioned on Stick Tree looking back at the nest would be a boon.
Not necessarily the popular view I'm aware, there was a lively discussion some time ago and quite a few thought it would be an intrusion and more for our entertainment. Personally I don't see how one camera is considered informative but a second is only entertainment.. Anyway..
Thanks for all the lovely photos updating me, I did a slo-mo of the flypast:
Let's see if this posts
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Unpleasant weather, Aila just about able to keep the chicks dry.
16.41, headless fish and Louis' wings. Ian
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I sympathise, I've just changed providers twice in one month as I was getting such dire service - imagine losing wi-fi during uploading to youtube, even a one minute clip would take half an hour! At one stage I was paying three different bills until all the trial periods ended. Much better now and worth the little bit extra for reliable servive, hope yours gets sorted soon, your photos are lovely.
Geemeff "Afternoon all, was out today (vet appt)".
I hope the vet found nothing wrong with you Geemeff, as you are a dragon (your post from the weekend refers). Ian
EDIT - Using IPad but captures only come out small
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