LOCH OF THE LOWES - MAY 2021

  • Laddie's here and there's chipping going on. NC0 hasn't got up yet.
  • Excellent news about the second pip! Thanks Scylla.

    Just scrolled to footage of bob's feed earlier...the starting of it could be seen

    Egg 2 is at 35 days

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  • Laddie's just arrived back to the nest

    NC0 is being very vocal...!

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  • Sandra P said:
    NC0 is being very vocal...!

    I think she was telling him to go get more fish - but she's still got some on the nest and is up and eating now, and offering to osplet.

  • Catching up.

    There was another feed at around 14:00  Cam had zoomed onto the chick and eggs after a vocal NC0 had been brooding/incubating. She got up and moved away from the nest cup. I think Laddie had possibly visited as when cam zoomed out a little bit, she had a headless fish and began to feed bob #1. Egg tooth could be seen moving through the hole of the second egg.

    When the feed was over, NC0 left the remainder of the fish and settled to brood

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  • 14:55ish, NC0 took a break, cam zoomed in

    NC0 returned a settled straight back down on bob and eggs

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  • 15:25ish, NC0 began another feed from the remaining fish that was lying on the nest. NC0 swallowed the fish tail at the end of the feed

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  • Laddie paid a brief visit around 15:45

    At 16:10, NC0 took another break - something spooked her! She made alarm calls and shot off the nest. Distant chipping could be heard

    NC0 was away from the nest for around 3 minutes or so

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  • Present scene at 16:48

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  • 17:30 Pip progression

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