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Arrival dates: Laddie - 21st March NC0 - 25th March
Three eggs laid:
11.4.21 (10:18) - NC0 lays an egg
14.4.21 (08:04) - NC0 lays her second egg
17.4.21 (07:41) - NC0 lays her third egg
Hatch dates
Chick #1 - 18.5.21 (37 days) Early hours The first chick has hatched at Loch of the Lowes
Chick #2 - 20.5.21 (36 days) 1:16am The second chick has hatched at Loch of the Lowes
Chick #3 - 22.5.21 (35 days) The third chick has hatched at Loch of the Lowes
25.5.21 - Chick 3 passed away Sad news about our third chick
Absolutely delighted to have watched three precious eggs being laid. Laddie and NC0 have perfected their incubation duties and, through trying times during April, defended them and the nest from multiple intruding Ospreys. Hopefully, it will not be too long until we see three chicks being cared for by their super parents.
Laddie to the nest just before 10:15 to take over incubation
©SWT/LotL
10:32 Laddie alarm calling/chipping
He's still unsettled at 10:39 - more chipping
IMAGICAT
A minute or two prior to Laddie's initial intruder alarm calls, NC0 (I assume) took a short flight from the birch and swooped at a duck? that was swimming on the Loch before she headed back up to a branch. There was a goose sounding off at the time
NC0, top
10:53 NC0 returned
Just before Laddie's departure
10:58
BFN
Sorry to hear that, Scylla. Hopefully things will recover for you.
Nothing, as far as I can see through scrolling through has happened on the nest, NC0 has remained incubating that is up until around 16:20 when she went for a very quick fly about
16:23 Laddie delivered a headless fish
NC0 carried it off in her beak and made her way to the birch
16:33 While incubating, Laddie chipped a few times but soon settled down. No intruder seen
16:40 NC0 returned without her fish but with dark nesting material, she made contact calls