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
Several days of feeder.
Chaffinches - 1 young, 1 older ???
This GSW spent so long just looking at the peanuts between eating at the bottom of the feeder:
Jay:
I seem to recognise some returning individuals, like the Jay and the "juvenile" GSW.
No birds whatsoever seen between 11 and 17:00 today.
The cam goes black for long periods - I think Peter @ Carnyx needs a heads-up when it happens because he's otherwise engaged but it has to be manually corrected, so...
Any road up ;)
Apart from fewer birds than in previous seasons, there's definitely something amiss with the picture - it lacks depth, or something. I'm not whinging, just noting.
https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=4595998557086773&id=114298888590118
Same msg on both cams on Carnyx.tv:
https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=4660770377276257&id=114298888590118&m_entstream_source=feed_mobile&ref=bookmarks