THIS THREAD IS FOR THE SCREENSHOTS & INFO FROM FOULSHAW MOSS WEBCAM AND ANY UPDATES FROM ROUDSEA OSPREY PROJECT/ESTHWAITE OSPREY SAFARI.
CONTINUED FROM 2020
FEMALE BLUE 35 - HATCHED 2010 - KIELDER 1 NEST - UNRINGED PARENTS
MALE WHITE YW - HATCHED 2008 - BASSENTHWAITE - UNRINGED PARENTS
In the meantime Foulshaw Moss have posted a lovely video on their FB page this morning.
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Unknown said:The fish is a Bass
Thank you, Richard. That fed all three with ease
Earlier, one of the chicks had been lugging around a hefty stick, it knocked its sibling with it:
I think this was a Mullet for supper - there was a shot that showed the scale pattern:
Oh here it is:
02 August
After being shared it was left on the nest, this morning it was whipped off the nest in a flash - so fast, it looked as tho it disappeared in a glitch in the stream, but narrowing down found the taker:
After 8, scavengers:
463 and a new Flounder:
That's where I stopped/restarted, 463 was going to have a battle on his hands with the tough fish.
IMAGICAT
Richard B
Well! I've just got the last half-hour to check but otherwise I've found no fish today
Last half-hour:
Pancaking, defending, screeching, then chasing - and I bet it's the corvids but we can't see them:
One chick is on the nest screeching now.
C CWT Foulshaw Moss
Whoever this is I suspect they have been waiting and calling for some time as they have had to have a sit down
Waiting for supper:
A Flounder arrived:
After the winner finished, a second chick ate for a while and flew off with it:
04 August
First incomer @ 05:02 - they waited 20 minutes, flew off in despair
More ons 'n offs, all 3 formed reception committee for breakfish @ 07:18:
Magnifier showed it was definitely 462 who got the fish. He ate on the fence here for a while, then took it to the far side - as you can see, it's a pretty glary scene:
463 had been closely hanging around the fish but gave up and flew @ 07:38, as did 464 moments later - NB, it's so interesting having our experience confirmed, with 464 becoming unaggressive with age after that killer start - she had stood patiently by on the left, made no move to grab after the initial kerfuffle.
07:40 462 flew with the leftover fish!
08:25 464 was back, waiting and peering - very small breast pattern for a female?
463 tussled with persistent Crow:
Later the Crow had the freedom of the nest for some time.
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That's up to about 11:15.
EDIT - I might not have been accurate re the fish's progress... hopefully it will all come out in the wash
13:21 fish for 424:
463 got the big leftover:
462 was preening and shouting for a long time:
Got fish via a good tug:
463 got that leftover, had been eating a while before flying with a fillet a-beak and the tailend a-foot:
19:38 464 got another fish:
Flew off with it:
21:30 462 or 463, s/he never came close enough and stayed over the other side eating until dark:
The parents are doing well - sorry that I didn't note who brought what.
05 August
I couldn't tell who this was, so delighted to start their day:
First fish not till 08:27- I can't recognise the bird, sometimes I can recognise 464 if she gives us a full-frontal but this time we didn't see any clear view. Whoever, it was still eating on the nest @ 09:00.