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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Unknown said:maybe...she caught one for herself?
You'd think we'd have seen a sign of it - but I've never seen her looking hollow-cropped.
CRinger said:I am sure the volunteers on the 6 - 10 shift will move the camera if they see anything that they feel webcam viewers will be interested in.
Well I'd rather have it zoomed in and zoomed out if required! Curious position to leave it in given eggspected/hoped for laying time
Mistle and I are very unhappy... except I'd better check that it is still Mistle and there's been no fish delivery and this is Axel - no such luck surely.
EDIT - No such luck indeed.
No it's Mistle. I've been watching her for the last hour. I tried to post she was on the nest still but my broadband has gone very slow
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I think that she finally left @ 22:33. She was quite active
The last -5 minutes @ 4x speed, brightened a bit in MovieMaker:
Mistle was on the campost by the time of first light, eventually she went down to the nest and Axel came along and may have got in a successful mating but she didn't appear reponsive to the second attempt:
Since then she's done some nestcup tending, she's now just waiting.
Richard B