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Things continued to go well at the beginning of June and on the 4th, we celebrated a record nine fish delivery day from Laddie. During the following week, the number of fish brought to the nest took a sudden decline and with this, we witnessed chick #3 befalling to sibling aggression - first from chick #1 and then chick #2. Very sadly, this then led to the dear Osplet being blocked from getting close to NC0 for feeding. Devastatingly, after a very early fish delivery on the morning of the 15th June, the middle chick subjected the youngest to a severe attack from which, in its weakened state, it could not get up from. The little one passed away on the nest a few hours later at the age of 23 days old.
Soar high and free, brave #3 - you will always be remembered...
Subsequent to the passing of the youngest chick, fish deliveries from Laddie began to increase with him even outdoing his previous record by bringing an amazing ten to the nest on a single day. NC0 made her first dive from the split birch (since the chicks had hatched) on the 24th June and brought her catch back to the nest, much to the surprise of the chicks!The youngsters have continued to grow at an amazing rate and, on the evening of the 27th June - at the ages of 39 and 37 days old respectively - they were ringed. Their genders could not be determined. A milestone for the chicks was observed on the evening of the 29th June when both self-fed and the following day, LR0 showed its strength of character to successfully claim two fish!Hopefully, LP8 and LR0 will continue to do well and that we will witness their successful fledges this month.
Nest Updates
Arrival dates: Laddie - 13.3.22 (c12:00) NC0 - 23.3.22 (18:14)
Three eggs laid: Egg #1 - 12.4.22 (18:34) Egg #2 - 15.4.22 (16:05) Egg #3 - 18.4.22 (12:14)
Hatch dates: Chick #1 - 19.5.22 (10:26) - 37 days Chick #2 - 21.5.22 (03:24) - 36 days Chick #3 - 23.5.22 (19:46) - 35 days
15.6.22: At 23 days old, chick #3 passed away
27.6.22: Our osprey chicks have been ringed! (Genders not able to be positively determined, ? both males)
Chick #1: LP8 (39 days old) - wing measurement = 360mm, weight = 1.5kg
Chick #2: LR0 (37 days old) - wing measurement = 315mm, weight = 1.44kg
Fledge dates: LP8 - 13.7.22 (10:06) 55 days old LR0 - 15.7.22 (13:55) 55 days old
July Blogs and Updates:
Links to blogs and updates during March/April, May, and June
2.7.22: Female Osprey NC0 brings a Monster Pike to the Nest
3.7.22: Osprey Diary at Loch of the Lowes – Week 13 (inclusive of ringing data)
8.7.22: Osprey Diary at Loch of the Lowes – Week 14
12:7.22: Osprey Chick LP8 Close To Fledging (SWT YT video)
13.7.22: Eldest Osprey Chick LP8 Fledges!
29.7.22: Osprey Diary at Loch of the Lowes – Week 17
Sandra P said:Cam is offline
I noticed a while ago that my LotL screen went onto nightcam, I just shrugged and got the live link from the Channel page... but soon that went down.
Then I went to get an "air" shot of Laddie's big perch that you reported but couldn't access it because it wanted to do a Windows Update, had to shut down and reboot everything, grrrr.
And then I could see why you hadn't bothered with an air shot but here it is anyway:
IMAGICAT
A better pic than I could capture, Scylla! lol. Thank you
New URL
13:54 NC0 alone on the nest as she has been since the cam came back online 44 minutes ago
©SWT/LotL
14:26 Fish from Laddie to NC0 who was alone on the nest
She stood on the nest waiting with it for four minutes, no juvenile appeared so NC0 took it off to the birch
16:04 LP8 received a smallish fish from Laddie
Fish in LP8's beak
LR0 came to the nest and landed on the perch
LP8 made short work of eating the fish and swallowed the tail at 16:13
LP8 called for more fish before heading off the nest
17:14 NC0, LR0 and LP8 were on the nest when Laddie delivered the next fish. Gosh, the chorus of fish calls from all three was deafening! lol
Taken by LR0
LP8 made an attempt to steal the fish
LR0 kept hold of its grip
17:44 LP8 and LR0 were on the nest, NC0 on the birch. LR0 made human intruder alarm calls and shot off the nest, taking the fish with it. NC0 had already started a flight from the birch seconds before the calls were made.
LP8 stayed on the nest for a short while before making human intruder alarm calls itself, then flew off
LR0 returned (with its fish) to the nest perch at 17:48, LP8 just over 5 minutes after
18:15 LR0 still tucking into its fish while LP8 waits