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LOCH GARTEN June 2022

CRinger
01/06/2022 05:55

All quiet on the Osprey front. Mistle started gently food soliciting, then quiet, then stood up to reveal.........

,, what appeared to be a half eaten rainbow trout! No doubt Scylla will be able to get a much sharper image than me. All this happened about 5:45.  It was as stiff as a board. When was that delivered?

Afrer faffing around getting images 1 of them has come back to the nest and is incubating - can't tell which. 

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. 

  • 14/06/2022 22:11
    Salmon, when they return to Scotland weigh 4 - 8 kg. A male Osprey typically weighing 1.5 kg has no chance of catching one.

    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. 

  • 14/06/2022 22:13
    Late small fish @ 22:05. Good job Axel!

    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. 

  • 15/06/2022 03:46 in reply to CRinger

    Back to early morning, Mistle's behaviour with fish - the kids get fed a few bites (they got more later):

    She narrowly missed the chicks but was very sensible in the end:

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    22:05 - small fish reported by CRINGER, difficult to snap but it won't go far:

    IMAGICAT

  • 15/06/2022 05:00 in reply to scylla

    15 July

    Axel paid an early visit, stayed on the perch preening:

    When Mistle went flyabout he took the opportunity to have a close look at his chicks:

    He then proceeded to brood the chicks - twice!  When Mistle returned she happily(?) stood by for a while before he got up and flew - let's hope he's been inspired to fish!

    I'm doing a video, don't hold her breath.

    IMAGICAT

  • 15/06/2022 05:48 in reply to scylla
    scylla said:
    He then proceeded to brood the chicks

    The whole episode was about 20 minutes altogether, with positional adjustments from time to time.

    Hopefully he's gone fishing, I'm off again now, SYAL.

    IMAGICAT

  • 15/06/2022 07:59

    A feed at Loch Garten, and sadness at Loch of the Lowes

    (c) RSPB Loch Garten

  • 15/06/2022 10:18 in reply to scylla

    scylla said:

    scylla said:
    He then proceeded to brood the chicks

    The whole episode was about 20 minutes altogether, with positional adjustments from time to time.

    Interesting behaviour by a male. Perhaps he was thinking more along the lines of sitting on the 1 remaining egg rather than brooding? It will be very interesting to see if he does a repeat performance once (we hope) there are 3 youngsters and no eggs left to incubate!

    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. 

  • 15/06/2022 10:24 in reply to CRinger

    I was wondering after the first one hatched whether it was in fact egg 2, as it was a couple of days after first due date, and the second hatch was egg 3.
    We should know soon enough.

    Richard B

  • 15/06/2022 12:00 in reply to Richard G B
    We'll know if a 3rd egg hatches. If it doesn't we won't know which it was since there was no chance to identify the eggs by splodology.

    Some years back Rutland were saying confidently that the first 2 hatches were eggs 2 & 3 - and then egg 3 hatched! And at Dyfi in 2011 the first clutch hatched out of order with the distinctive egg 2 beating egg 1.

    Hilary J

  • 15/06/2022 12:27

    12.27 Incoming fine sized fish. Both being fed.

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