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!
Someone home!
(c) FLS Aberfoyle
03 July
No-one yesterday, hence no report. KORKY has gazumped me re the Wood Pigeon, which turned up towards the end of transmission - I got most of the day with a couple of drop-outs.
IMAGICAT
5h40m in 6 pieces today - the cam must need some sunshine.
No birds, it turned out rainy, with rolling mist in the background:
Today I got 3h21m in 23 clips
Very misty start to the day. WhiteCL and ptr arrived @ 14:20, no fish, no activity apart from the female shouting:
After 10 minutes she flew off and it looked as tho he was going to fly to when the cam finally went down.
06 July
Much more stable stream today, only two pieces, 5+ and 1+ hours.
WhiteCL brought in a headless fish, waited a couple of minutes, flew off with it when it got no reaction:
07 July
Wow! Rock solid cam all day and the nest has been a hive of activity.
Right at the get-go a stick comes in with WhiteCL, and it looks as tho it wasn't the first. He did some stick-sorting and flew.
Then 10:09 the female arrived and waited 10 minutes, off again.
A long break to afternoon, I think it was an unringed female but we never saw a front view:
WhiteCL brought a stick:
Female followed him in, I couldn't tell if she thought he had a fish but they both went into "intruder spotted" mode, soon left:
WhiteCL with clump:
She followed him in again and they both "watched" and suddenly shot off:
Repeat - the same only different, vocals this time:
Intruder flyover/flyby:
Then it was back to nestorising as if nothing had happened - it is WhiteCL, rings glared out:
Feather askew:
Final stick for the online day:
Birdies LG DU update.