FOULSHAW MOSS, & ALL LAKE DISTRICT NEST OBSERVATIONS MARCH 2021 TO END FEB 2022

Esthwaite Water have been ringed www.facebook.com/permalink.php - Blue 465 a female weighing 1780g BTO 1708534 - Blue 466 a male weighing 1550g BTO 1708535 and Blue 467 a female weighing 1790g BTO 1708536

Late breakfast arrives at Foulshaw Moss. Mum arrived a few moments later but it is Dad who continues to feed the family.

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Out of order snaps.

Waiting for supper last evening:

Not sure if this was the same time as JANNI's snap above - it's this morning anyway, YW feeds while 35 stands by:

Lower cam not working Chicks alone and asleep Much more difficult now to distinguish the youngest chick He has caight up a lot to his siblings

Lower cam working again

YW watching over the chicks

YW flies off.

464 rises and does some exercise

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B35 is tucking in, ocassionally passing a morsel to the chick beside her Another stands at the back of the nest, preening and the third is near the edge gazing out at the world Sorry no pics My bandicam is playing up today

Youngest chick being fed watched by an older sibling, the other resting

06 July

Progress:

07 July - all chillin':

Only just managed to read back and see all the news So little #3 has the didtinctive of being the 100thchick and his weight is not masively different to his siblings

Chicks resting One on extreme left preening Looks like an adult in the dead tree, on the right

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