LOCH OF THE LOWES - JULY/AUGUST 2020 to end of FEBRUARY 2021

(See end of previous page for NC0's approx.10 second visit this morning)

10:45 Chipping heard in the distance

What a lovely clear shot of her fly-off, SANDRA :)

I'm miles behind, only half-way thru yesterday :o  (Well I was when I started this post.)

Here's some little-bird activity which you will be foolish to spend much time on but I gotta do it:

We had a Shield Bug - if this was a green one that's native, but (because I'm looking for drama) it may have been an imported Brown Marmorated Stink Bug...

Guy Barter*, chief advisor at the Royal Horticultural Society, said foreign stink bugs have been “invasive and damaging in warm countries”.

Guy told AG: “Our Wisley entomologists suggest that these shield bugs, like the green shield bugs, pose a modest threat of establishing in mild southern areas only, as our climate is too cold/wet for them to thrive."

*Obviously no relation, with only one T, but you can't help wondering due to some of Wendy's creepy-crawly productions 

Bad news - the 6-hour clip ending at 01:10 this morning, which should include the ospreys fishing, will not play in any of the editors I've tried.  It looks perfectly normal so I can't imagine what's wrong :(

Two 6-hour downloads since then were fine, but the second one I had to narrow down to a 15-minute window to find NC0 

I put her on half speed - so her corvidy warning voice sounds even more so:

Yes Scylla, I was foolish.
Thats not the best quality and not easy to ID the bird. I will keep it to myself I think.

I was secretly hoping you'd have a look, RICHARD ;)

Could it possibly be the female Pied Wagtail (I meant Flycatcher !!!  Thanks, RICHARD) flown up from Wales?   

It did cross my mind, and really does look like a female Pied Flycatcher (not wagtail).

It was looking about in the nest, but it did appear to fly up grabbing flying insects as well.

Try as i could I couldn't really make it out to be a Great Tit.

Great captures of NC0 Sandra, especially her arrival and departure from the nest.

Thank you Mary, I surprised myself with those as the LS was on 'normal' speed

Scylla, many thanks for the videos. I could see 'someone' was on the nest during scroll back but it took an absolute age to find her again to take the snaps! Sorry you had problems with last night's 'diving' one. I was only alerted to the Osprey fishing after I heard the splash, it was lovely to see

FYI, I'm not even going to attempt to ID the little bird! lol

Unknown said:

does look like a female Pied Flycatcher (not wagtail).

Duh!  I've edited my post.  Thank you :)

I've looked and listened, no-one seen since last reports and the night seemed unnaturally quiet... up to 07:30 approx.

I'm experimenting with keeping a tab open for LOTL cam, so far a darling Wood Pigeon has been driving me nutz cos I'm trying to listen to other things

Haha Scylla, that Wood Pigeon was in fine voice prior to NC0's visit yesterday