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!
27 June
WhiteCL flew in first, flapped and chipped at unseen intruder, only stayed 2 minutes:
Female landed:
WhiteCL soon flew in:
He didn't stay long, she flew as already reported :)
Sandra P said:Flew off at 14:30 (14:47 real time)
IMAGICAT
28 June
I was hoping to get away with an empty day but all of a sudden - action!
Not edited apart from picture quality.
This is him with her wing behind and an intruder overhead:
Some great snaps to be had but I must pack up, g'night !!!
Birdies LG DU update.
There had been a fish delivery from WhiteCL, in this snap the female (L) has it and WhiteCL is standing by - you can see they're both watchful:
She ate some of the fish on the nest, he brought in a clump:
15:19 she flew with fish:
Both were behaving as if intruders about but I couldn't see any.
Typical view of the happy couple:
Sandra P said:There's an osprey on the nest at present
We couldn't see any helpful detail on that - the white parts were glared out and we didn't get a whole breast. It did seem to be defending, vocally at least.
Just a 10-minute stay this morning, WhiteCL disappointed his partner with a clump:
01 July
Early lunchtime. She arrived first, he flew in fishless, she looked skywards, he kept his head down - in total less than 4 minutes: