Goshawk webcam at Loch Garten

24 June

(1) What appears here to be the smallest chick appears to have the most advanced feather development;

(2) The smallest chick and the one on the left are like doggies sharing a stick

26 June:

28 June

There were several hours' downtime today, when a planned power cut took place at LG.

Before that, quite early in the morning, the chicks did some exercises:

29 June

This was just a misunderstanding, soon forgotten

30 June

I'm guessing that we have one boy (the littlest and brownest) and 2 girls.

Mealtime:

You could well be right Scylla, would love to see them in ringers' hands to get an idea of true size;  certainly amazing to see how that Red squiggle went down in huge chunks especially the tail!

Unknown said:

Nope, I won't be watching any more feeding sessions on this nest. Worse than Ospreys

I don't think they are worse than Ospreys, Cirrus - they have a mad scrap but soon forget all about it, and they don't persecute like osplets do (remembering #3 at LotL, the latest in a long line of unfortunates).  The #4 at this nest died thru sheer smallness, lacking the ability to muscle in at feeding time.