LOCH OF THE LOWES - MAY 2021

  • ThanksBILLY Will go and have a look
  • billy r said:
    Cam back on

    Many thanks for the alert, Billy, good to see (through scrolling back) that Laddie has done an incubation duty this afternoon Slight smile

    13:00 Flying in with a small piece of nesting material. NC0 was quite vocal but really hoping she has had something to eat

    NC0 leaving

    She headed to the birch

    14:15 NC0 returned appearing quite wet, perhaps after having a bathe

    Laddie off

    She is still on incubation duty at 16:33

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  • 16:43

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  • Laddie delivered a fish just before 18:30

    NC0 flew behind the back trees and made her way to the birch

    NC0 arrived back landing on the perch at 19:03

    How idyllic is this?

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  • She took flight a few minutes after landing and headed towards, and then beyond, the birch. She gave a contact call prior to leaving to inform Laddie she was popping off again Slight smile

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  • 19:37 NC0 returned with a stick and took over incubation after placing it on the right side of the nest

    He veered left out of cam view

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  • No time, but it couldn't have been long after your last post, SANDRA, that NC0 got a fish - she didn't bring any back, and perched on her perch for a while then flew off again to the birch before returning for the night shift.

    There have since been some cam dropouts but they've recovered themselves with no manual intervention necessary.

    Early morning, NC0 called for quite a while and Laddie eventually took over:

  • Wonderif there will be the patter of tiny talons today?
  • Morning Scylla, Patily and all

    Yes Scylla, the fish delivery was just before 18:30 yesterday (super pic!)

    Laddie arrived at the nest around 4:45 this morning to relieve NC0 

    5:30

    NC0 returned just before 6am with a small clump of moss. It was a slightly 'messy' changeover as she stood on the tip of Laddie's wing, it made him stumble as he pulled himself up

    Laddie came back at 7:05 with a thin stick. He did some 'housekeeping' where he moved a thicker stick from the back to the right side of the nest

    After all of that effort, he knocked it off when he flew off!

    8:55 NC0 is fish calling

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