Last season it was decided to restrict live streaming to one cam only (no PTZ) and with no IR for nightcam - this was because the pair who'd been so promising in 2021 had apparently been scared off while they were still bonding, so advice was taken from Roy Dennis on how to avoid unnecessarily alarming the birds and that was the result.
We trust that "normal service will be resumed" this season.
On the 10th of April 2022 our female from 2021, whom Mike had named Mistle, returned - and two days later her partner AX6 Axel duly arrived. Both were spotted by Ailie and CRinger, and both of those talents we have lost - the latter due to the unwelcome renaming of Mistle to Asha, which the rest of us have accepted... because we had no choice
Breeding commenced late, and Axel wasn't the best provider nor the best nest-builder we'd ever seen - nevertheless the pair went on to fledge two beautiful chicks, one of whom tragically died thru, a necropsy determined, salmonella infection.
Asha left very early and we thought Axel had gone early too - but he made surprise appearances until quite late (dates anyone?).
I'll have to do it myself then - Axel was last seen on 10 September @ 11:09, when he flew off after first a visit to the nest and campost, and then a 5-minute preen on the perch.
"Axel", Blue AX6(16) male (yes he does have strong chest markings), a single chick (possibly from 3 eggs) hatched Glen Affric, near Beauly, seen Lossiemouth 2020, then at LG in 2021
"Asha"- Female - Unringed - partnered Axel in 2021.
Chicks:
Blue 1C2 Male
Blue 1C1 Female (died)
Sometimes Asha had to be quite assertive to get Axel off the eggs - always a good sign
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MaryGK said:Did you miss this Scylla
I did !!! !!! !!!
scylla said:I've also got a pair of Jackdaws
A snap will have to do:
We're scraping the barrel with LG - I hope this was a male Crossbill - but any bird can be a RedChat:
On Facebook, at least, the VC has acknowledged that we have an Osprey nest - and they heard an Osprey yesterday!
02 April
GSWs - on the nest much longer than I've shown:
Then there were lots of little birds, including Chaffie and Great/Coal Tits - too long and spread out for video, then the male GSW spent a few minutes on the nest:
4.4.23 Ailie reported (on News From Other Nests thread) two ospreys on the nest @16:53
Unringed female landed first
And joined by an unringed male
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Video posted 20mins ago on facebook:
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I can't see where they came from - just dropped out of the sky!
The stream is stuttering but thankfully not as bad as over at Lowes this morning.
I know you've all been fighting for the front row seats an am sorry to have kept you waiting - and more sorry that I forgot to put some captions on that were in my head whilst compiling
Well how about that then?! Almost an hour, then she gave up waiting for him on the campost - as said, we couldn't see where they came from, moreover we couldn't see where they went.
I have to change this video because I've said "it ain't Asha"... but I think it is
A hastily-found shot from 2022 to compare - her little face is exactly the same !!! But I had thought that today's female's markings were too far up her throat to be Mistle.