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.
IMAGICAT
After some time away, Mistle came back and is nestorizing. She's now sitting in the nest cup
Kind regards, Ann
2215 and settled in cup.
Maybe first egg is due
(C) Carnyx Wild / Loch Garten
Richard B
She flew a few minutes after you posted, Richard - no egg tonight:
2013 photos & vids here
eff37 on Flickr
09 May
Mistle may have been on the campost this morning but we couldn't see, moreover she flew in to the nest, she did not drop down onto it:
After the usual faffing, he made it!
After a little while he hopped over her from the back to the front of the nest and flew off. She remains.
She's calling and looking around - still no sound - anyone want to ask about it?
She did a little work in the nestcup:
There's been more on-nest interaction but I'm packing up now - Mistle is calling and calling.
(I checked the sound yet again, there's only the system humbuzz.)