Inspired by Janni, who cleverly noted the cam was up and running on 1 March, and filled with hope for this nest for 2021, here's the new thread!
Link to 2020 thread
In 2017, her first breeding season. Clarach (hatched Dyfi in 2013) mated with an unknown male, laying 3 eggs. 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. Staff thought the male hadn't been providing her with fish on the nest, as he had another nest to provision! In 2020, hope was raised when a few ospreys dropped by in April and May, including White CL, at one point on the nest with an unringed female. The Lodge Facebook page posted a great photo by Sami in April which was thought to be Clarach. After that, lots of osprey-less photos were posted comparing the rise and fall of the webcam, the state of the sticks on the nest, the sinkage of the nest (great word Mary) and the weather.
Let's see what happens this year!
scylla said:The full quota received today, no-one seen. Every day starts off "smoky", getting thinner as the days go by - must be mist?
The full quota received today, no-one seen. Every day starts off "smoky", getting thinner as the days go by - must be mist?
Just to say - ditto for the 18th, exactly.
I'm reporting "nothing" so that you know the day has been covered.
IMAGICAT
Thank you SCYLLA for checking. The webcam is up this morning and its the same scene as yesterday, a braw day :-) Won't post a screenshot as its just the same as the other day, no occupants yet.
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Exactly at noon today a birdie flew by - we got 3 frames, the third being up in the top right as it exited:
Today's report - breezy, cloudy but with a lot of sun to charge the batteries
No birds seen.
Thank You Scylla for trawling through the footage.
Only got 2h08m this morning up to 12:10-ish.
Kind regards, Ann
Thanks Korky for the information about the Webcam, how disappointing, as despite the view we always liked to check on it to see if we could catch an osprey.
I hope that they at least have the other webcam viewing in the Visitor Centre and hopefully once out of lock down I may take a visit to check too.
This is the webcam I am meaning.
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