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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.
This taken at around 16:20
Is the shell from egg #2 still on the end of egg #3? Egg #3 is almost completely white
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Thanks Billy. This was the 3rd egg (and chicks) with the empty shell on its 'pointy' end early this morning.
Just after 18:00, Laddie delivered a (very fresh!) fish
Both chicks fed well, NC0 very much in her 100 mile an hour routine!
Chick 2, with the dark dots on the back of its head
Chick 1
NC0 took a very short break, making a contact call to the chicks, then resumed her brooding/incubation
Laddie will have to go fishing again, all was eaten
This may be my quintuplicate post ???
"Everywhere I look it's a horrible day":
I do hope the shell comes off #3, if it is stuck there - I dread it making it difficult for a hatchling.
IMAGICAT
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The second chick has hatched at Loch of the Lowes