This is a new thread following the Osprey nest at Alyth electricity sub station, located in the Perth and Kinross region.
The Ospreys have nested at the site for many years, first year was around 1990.
They were nesting on a nearby electricity tower, but due to a planned expansion of the site a decision was taken to resite the old nest to a specially constructed 25-metre nesting tower and two nearby 8.5 metre resting perches, which were erected in 2014. Advice was sought from Roy Dennis.Since that first breeding season in 2014, a total of 14 osprey chicks have been observed to have fledged from the new site.
The resident ospreys are called Harry and Flora, named by a local school in Alyth. All pupils were also given their own osprey soft toy as a thank you from the teams for getting involved and for showing such enthusiasm about the ospreys.
Richard B
Thank you, Richard.
Blimey, that pole snap makes me dizzy
Reunion snap:
IMAGICAT
It looks a long way up, it's 25m
Many thanks for starting a dedicated thread to this nest, Richard.
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I’m just reposting the photo of the first fish brought to the nest this season at just before 7am this morning.
I couldn’t find another until later in the evening but HK0 certainly asked for it! As the male was on the nest, HK0 could be heard calling from off it!She brought plastic sheeting in again.and tried to weave it into the nest.
The headless fish delivery at 20.10
The male moved the black plastic to the other side of the nest and it fell off a few minutes later.
Good morning all,
Just after 6am, HK0 on her perch and defends from an early morning intruder.
05 April (sorry to be out of chron):
Glider said:The male moved the black plastic to the other side of the nest and it fell off a few minutes later.
A couple of bonuses among the plastic sheet movements:
Dang, more plastic. I'm not stopping to find out where it got planted or if it stayed or went, am packing up now.