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
I'm not surprised you missed him, KORKY, I'm having to scroll thru very slowly cos they get jiggled out.
TWO THINGS AXEL GOT RIGHT THIS MORNING
The cam had a look around when both our birds had been absent for a while - I expect it's Fergus looking after us
Don't even ask what I've been doing for the past 3 hours since I slid in the last snap - but for one thing, my friend J's cistern flooded his downstairs neighbour and I've been suffering from it ever since.
Unseen intruder | Mistle still has fish | 1 good & 1 bad mating
And that was only up to 12:40.
I see that the Tower of London has decided to seek public votes for the naming of a raven chick. I think I know 2 Ospreys who should suffer the same 'fate'.
Some people think Ospreys are a matter of life and death. I don't like that attitude. I can assure them it is much more serious than that.
Unknown said:Axel brought her another fish at 12.30 and has just flown off with the remainder
Did I mention the jiggles? Well, that was the leftover from the morning that had been passing to 'n fro - he had swooped in and picked it up @ 12:05. I didn't cover it minutely in the last vid, due to my and others' time constraints:
What super and encouraging commentaries I missed while "away", thank you CC and SHEILA
EDIT - and Thank You (((KORKY))) of course
Yes - an awry feather!
"It's me who's supposed to lay in the nest cup"
(c) RSPB Loch Garten
Richard B