NEWS FROM OTHER NESTS - 2021

BalBucam France offered a identification register >>> pages 1-5

http://www.balbucam.fr/forums/topic/carte-didentite/page/4/

Chicks have got their names, but no bands yet...enjoy it

Lilo the youngest - Iza the second - Nel is the oldest

Excellent!!

Awwww! Gorgeous

Tweed Valley: Chicks are looking good 

©TVOP

Ringing of Loch Doon chicks was supposed to happen yesterday but no details yet

Apparently the team couldn't locate the nest and will try again this week!

Threave Castle ringing
Three healthy chicks ringed and the details are-
BTO 1462109 Darvic 563 M 1380g
BTO 146110 Darvic 564 M 1430g
BTO 1462111 Darvic 565 F 1710g

Urdaibai - it was their first breeding year, and they have stuck around the nest, so it bodes well for next year. There was Chat about the two older chicks, whether they were ill or not, but I suspect it was mainly due to first time-parents combined with bad weather. I don't know anything about genetics and whether there would have been a link to the albino chick.

Edit:  I checked out the cam.  Roy, the male, came to land onto the pole behind the nest at about 12.08, their time.  He had a fish which he ate for about 15 minutes.  During this time Landa could be heard calling, but not seen.  He flew off with it, possible towards her - dropping to the left and flying back beyond the pole and round to the right.

I do love the sounds on the cam.  A thrush possibly, geese and other tweets.

© Urdaibai Bird Center

Loch Doon chicks have been ringed
"Hi all the Osprey chicks were ringed today (Blue 027 Male),,, (Blue 028 Female),,, (Blue 029 Female). the 3 chick were in very good condition and looked very healthy "