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
31 May afternoon:
Was this Mistle? A beautiful female, in any case:
The buzzer:
scylla said:Was this Mistle?
Well captured scylla. It could be Mistle having a break from duties on her nest. I think the buzzer is a black headed gull
Could well be Scylla, had a look back and she had a lovely brown speckled necklace and quite a lot between her eyes onto the top of her head and a thick black band at the sides of her eyes. If it is, good to know she is still around.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
https://www.facebook.com/RSPB.LochGartenAbernethy/photos/a.203788146307858/4412942678725696/?type=3&source=48
Thank you, LMAC! They don't say when that was, and there's no mention of the 20-minute visit on 31 May so I presume it must have been yesterday. Well, my latest tale of woe is that my LG stream seized up @ 12:45 yesterday and I didn't notice until just now when I went to do my routine check-thru
Morning, thought I posted this yesterday but I don't see it, apologies if it pops up twice.
Geemeff, I think you previously posted it to another thread, possibly "news from other nests" or "osprey chat". Ian
EDIT - it was "osprey chat".
Thank you for the TV show, GEEMEFF
20 minutes Fergus !!!! - arrived at 13:08 and left at 14:10 :)
Valerie