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
Thank Billy! 12.18 the camera moved to the dead camera tree, and a very wet and bedraggled osprey was preening, drying and generally doing a tidy-up of the feathers.
She is so busy preening her very wet feathers it is difficult to say for sure, but I think it might be Mistle. As Billy said, unringed.
That's better!
I'll post more idc
It's a very deep clean she is undertaking!
A feather has stuck to her beak
I am pretty sure it is Mistle, but am open to correction!
She was drying out slowly and her 'freckles' began to become more apparent
Now almost back to normal, she took flight
Lovely to see her again, if indeed it was her!
Birdie's DU Summaries 2018 https://www.imagicat.com/
Thank you for a comprehensive set of snaps, SHEILA - and for the alerts, BILLY
http://scottishwildlifetrust.org.uk/things-to-do/wildlife-webcams/loch-of-lowes/
RSPB Giving Nature a Home
A Wood Pigeon flew in from the right to the dead treetop and waited a couple of minutes before flying off into the distance - then either it or another WP flew up thru the timeline and flew in the same direction - all fascinating stuff:
We await further visitors in the next 6-hour session.
Birdies LG DU update.