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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.
19:03 A chance to view the eggs as NC0 changed her position
©SWT/LotL
I haven't seen Laddie visit the nest since he left just before 14:30 - he was chipping while he was there but he did stop just before taking flight a few minutes after landing.
He made a short contact call to NC0 before leaving - veering off to the left and out of cam view
Just before nightcam came on at 22:08, NC0, who had been fish calling, was looking in the direction of the birch. Unsure if it was Laddie on top of the middle branch
23:10 NC0, head tucked and sleeping
23:24 NC0 took a quick comfort break
On her return, she walked quite gingerly to the nest cup before resuming incubation
Hoping that Laddie arrives at his near normal time between 4:45 - 5:00 in the morning...with a fish!
Goodnight
The cam faltered around 22:08*, picked up again till 00:35*, and has been buffering continually ever since. I've had to switch off the stream monitor for now.
*The times are those registered by my downloader when it finishes processing a session.
IMAGICAT
Oh dear - and there's no replacement:
Birdies LG DU update.