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.
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Ha!!! I tuned in to see the picture is upside down.... Thanks everyone for all updates. Good news re fish! I just watched the delivery on scroll back, upside down.
I've been to Aberfoyle today.....
Here's another "oh dear"
Someone is now on the cam zooming a bit - let's hope they'll be able to fix it.
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I,m now doing a head stand
to see the screen
my head hutrs who toched the wrong knob
That was a good sized headless fish.
What an odd occurrence! I'll post a number of snips, just in case Peter might check in here.
A second before this the screen had wide vertical bands of differing colours, before turning this blue
The cam came live, and it was pointed down to the foot of the tree campost, lifting to the wider view and upward
and closer, with a new text
and the next scene was an upside down nest with Mistle, and further text
FISH DELIVERY 16.30 at last!
Mistle grabs it and takes off with it, leaving Axel
The cam remains upside down 17.06
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It's not obvious at the moment what is being done, but Carnyx has said
5:14 PM CarnyxWild We have flipped the image while the staff try and sort the camera out. It is still back to front though Many thanks Peter