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Return Dates for Louis last year was 5th April 08.15 and Aila 6th of April 09.24
The happy couple last year - lets hope its not too long until we see them safely return from migration.
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Slo-Mo video of Fly By @ 15.55 hrs - and a very quick landing on the nest. It is thought there could be two ospreys around.
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Very much looked that way, Mary, going by the Osprey's reaction. It could get very interesting! Thank you for your vid! :)
Scrolling back the LS, two birds could be seen flying away from the nest (just after Mary's great vid ended)
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Slo-mo with zoom, two Ospreys chasing!
Exciting - is that Louis seeing off the Stranger? Fngers crossed! Stranger's been getting too comfy bringing fish and sticks
SheilaFE said:
I've been watching on catch-up so your vids are timely! Thank you so much. Geemeff.
Our pretty visitor landed at 15.50 with a tail end, and for the most part just stood with the fish in his right talon, making no attempt to eat it at all. He was looking around, checking the lie of the land rather than bothering with the fish. But where did he eat the first half, LOL! The hoodie incident is fascinating. He just glared and fluffed up but made no attempt to see it off until the hoodie stepped down towards the bowl. The hoodie thought more about it and flew off to the right, possibly aiming for a perch, but our visitor then flew possibly at it and both disappeared. Cheekily two minutes later the hoodie returned to the empty nest but disappeared with the return of the visitor. I realised that during the time he was away he must have dropped the fish as he was fishless as he crept to the far side of the nest. The visitor gave over an hour and a half's entertainment, and flew off at 17.30.
It's exciting, isn't it! Hope Louis & Aila return now the weather's improving but this Stranger is a handsome chap, entertaining too. So much is happening it's hard to keep up, fortunately Mary's great videos capture anything I miss and vice versa. Looks like we're in for interesting times even if A&L return and select a non-camera nest. I've started doing my nightly summary on WT chat as of last night.
GSW visits the nest 07.59.36 I got excited on hearing camera clunks but then I heard cheeping.
Geemeff I did a video but didn't bother uploading it to YT - as I see you have done yours.
Morning Mary - just for a moment there was hope, until I heard the cheeping...
Another little visitor this morning, 09.37, nice to see activity, but the 'wrong' kind.