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!
Valerie
Valerie D said:it may be unlikely that the osprey pair will return to the camera nest.
Well that's a shame, because I've managed to find a download link in the bowels of the link you provided on previous page, Valerie. Shall carry on regardless, hoping for the nest
EDIT - may not be as good as I thought, looks like I'll have to control it manually
IMAGICAT
Thanks for the link, Valerie, but all I get using that link is exactly what I was getting before--'Video file not found' on a grey page. When I click on the white triangular arrowhead which eventually appears in the middle of the page, nothing happens--arrrgh!
Edit: Apologies to everyone, but I've just remembered that the cam may not be on 24 hours per day--will attempt to watch at more sensible hours--lol!
Kind regards, Ann
I just get the feeling that we won't be seeing much of the Aberfoyle webcam this season (sadly).....
EJ's Memorial Balgavies Loch Ospreys 2023
Richard B
The nest shot looks pretty good today
© FLS Aberfoyle
I've got 5 hours and 54 minutes and counnting
scylla said:I've got 5 hours and 54 minutes and counnting
Well that was tempting fate! It didn't last much longer.
According to the onboard timeline I've got 09:49:53 to 15:57:23 - but as pointed out, the timeline is out by about 15 minutes.
And now I see that it's started downloading again!
The start of the day showed what appeared to be smoke drifting across, then it got brighter and towards the cut-off got dimmer/darker. No birds or birdies seen.