On the 15th of March the 360 cam went live and an Osprey landed on the nest. It didn't take too long for a pair to begin bonding:
Male: BlueAX6 "Axel" - Ringed at a nest in Glen Affric on 1st July 2016, he was the only survivor of 3 eggs.
Female: Unringed "Mistle" - a very beautiful specimen, according to our long view.
(Unofficial names - LG will decide on names if deemed appropriate.)
This inexperienced couple is bonding well - Axel has been a good provider, they're both enthusiastic nestbuilders, the only element that requires more work is the mating technique.
EDIT 01 JUNE - Axel & Mistle deserted the nest in May, apparently spooked by intruders. As there has been very little activity since then, this thread will continue to the end of the 2021 season, unless dictated otherwise by ospreys.
Photo ©RSPB LochGarten
Cam info kindly provided by Peter @ Carnyx.tv:
There is an identical camera and microphone on this nest as the HD camera at Llyn Clywedog (Osprey). However the nest was struck by lightning. This took out the camera, the camera power supply and the WiFi link back to the centre. We managed to replace the power supply and Wifi but it was too late in the season to climb to the nest.
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She flew 10.51
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Mistle calling insistently for fish on a snow filled nest. No sound, however.
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A slight catch up. MIstle flew 10.52 and we had an empty nest until the cam scanned
Is this the Love Tree- middle bottom with the flat bough, or the Fish Tree? I can't remember
back to the nest
No one on the nest tree perches
Or the camtree dead tree perches
11.20 back to the nest, and Mistle has landed
Preening
1205 Axel landed, closely followed by Mistle
Axel moved to the left, his tail is seen
the cam moved
and Mistle called, loudly, Axel ignores her
12.98 Axel flies off
Mistle calls
12.48 She continues to call, so Axel isn't fishing. Pah!! I do hope we don't have another George
Axel returned, fishless, to mate
Which was very half hearted and he left 12.50
Thanks for the summary Sheila! I haven't seen a fish since yesterday's reports, but Mistle has stopped calling so perhaps Axel is trying his best to find one for her. Fingers crossed. Snow is melting.
Fish tree or Love tree? I am not certain either since I was often confused back then, too! They both had horizontal branches.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
She is back in the nest cup, not calling but looking about. The patience of ospreys...
she back
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