Many thanks for the OP at LG 2023. It is the one close to my heart, as it is the first nest I followed 11 years ago now, with our beloved EJ and Odin and the only place I have been to, have visited twice. Loch Arkaig and Lowes will be the other two that would be suitable for me to visit (4ish hours from home, fitted in with a holiday) but the others sadly, are too far away. I hope Axel and Mistle (Asha) return safely and have another successful year. I also hope that our fellow contributors, who have left us, return to be with us again and we can all enjoy following our beloved birds together.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
IMAGICAT
In reply to Glider:
Glider said:Am I right in thinking LG didn’t like the name Mistle as it sounded like Missile?
That's what Fergus said when he responded to objections - but some people here felt that he was being very flippant, not understanding how deeply upset they were.
It's only Americans who pronounce missile as missle, anyway, and our Americans are very easy-going about such things ♥
(This was typed yesterday but left unposted.
In the meantime - I haven't tried to contact anyone about the cam being down for so long - as I still have Fergus's tetchiness uppermost... well, after Richard Thaxton's frequent admonishing "be patient"
EDIT - the cam's back up, same URL - but with a splodge on the lens, water, I think:
In reply to scylla:
15 March
Representing the Crossbill couple and maybe a couple of other little visitors foraging on a dark morning from 07:15 onwards - this guy hopped to the fence from an invisible perch to the left of the cam:
I hope this was a good omen
Regards,
Ian.
Birdie's DU Summaries 2018
I would like to know is the bird feeder webcam going to be available to watch online all year as promised a few years ago. It has been offline for most of the winter, then was available late during the winter and then taken down offline earlier than usual. So my question is the bird feeder webcam going to be available online all year as has had been the plan around 2 years ago or have I got to wait until the Autumn of next winter in the hope that there will be no major disruption to the bird feeder webcam as has been the case this last two years!
In reply to THOMO:
THOMO said: This live webcam is also available and has been online live for quite a while but not on that link. It’s from Leighton Moss in Lancashire but is not available on the link that is provided in this thread!
Thank you, THOMO !!! I didn't know anything about it! I do wish "they" would be consistent and put all the live streams on RSPB Video's channel.
There's no informtion in the Description panel, do you know if the nest is normally occupied?
I suppose any reports might have to go in News from Other Nests for the time being, we'll have to make a decision, but I'm packing up now.
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BIRD FEEDER
You need to address that query to abernethy@rspb.org.uk (it won't get there if you type "abernathy", by the way).
As you probably know, it's not online for the foreseeable future due to building works.
16 March
She was about to commence work, under supervision:
She's got a stick:
Great Tit waiting to take over - her beak is stuffed and she's about to leave:
I have to be away for quite a while.