Continued from March/April 2023
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NC0 surprised us all when she arrived back at Lowes first, with Laddie making his initial landing exactly 6 hours later. She laid her three beautiful eggs after almost near-perfect, precise intervals of 72 hours between each one. Both Laddie and NC0 have regularly exchanged incubation duties and have been very attentive to protect their eggs, and nest, from multiple intrusions during April. The hatching window will open around the 10th May, all being well.
Nest Updates
Arrival dates: NC0 - 17.3.23 (07:43) Laddie - 17.3.23 (13:43)
Eggs laid: Egg #1 - 4.4.23 (09:32) Egg #2 - 7.4.23 (09:39) Egg #3 - 10.4.23 (09:10)
Hatch dates: Chick #1 - 13.5.23 (11:59 fully out of shell 12:11) Chick #2 - 16.5.23 (04:19) *Egg #1 - DNH*
Link to blogs and updates during March/April
May Blogs and Updates (published dates)
6.5.23 LotL blog >>> Osprey Diary at Loch of the Lowes – Week 7
8.5.23 SWT video >>> Time for a Wing Stretch and Pre-Hatching Egg Close Up
11.5.23 LotL blog >>> Who’s Been On My Nest? A Closer Look at the Threats and Intrusions Faced by a Pair of Breeding Ospreys
12.5.23 SWT video >>> Osprey Chick Communicates with the Outside World
13.5.23 LotL blog >>>Osprey Diary at Loch of the Lowes – Week 8
13.5.23 SWT video >>> First Osprey Chick of the Season Hatches
14.5.23 LotL blog >>> Concern over male osprey, LM12
15.5.23 SWT video >>> Fish Supper and First Feed for Osprey Chick
16.5.23 LotL blog >>> An update from the osprey nest
17.5.23 SWT video >>> Second osprey chick hatching 16 May 23
20.5.23 LotL blog >>> Osprey Diary at the Loch of the Lowes – Week 9
27.5.23 LotL blog >>> Osprey Diary at Loch of the Lowes – Week 10
The cam zoomed in on NC0 at 15:45, 8 minutes before Laddie's arrival as posted at the end of the previous page. She had been scanning the sky before the cam panned in
Cam zoomed in further. She has a couple of small dots in her iris
Preening
Scanning the sky
©SWT/LotL
Edited in: NC0 returned for a brief spell at 16:12 - she'd had a bath. The cam zoomed in
Both she and Laddie looked ahead
Gave herself a good shake before heading off
16:59 Laddie chipping while incubating
He kept staring in this direction
Chipping
He stood up and made alarm calls, flapping his wings
Stood looking for a short while before settling back down on the eggs
More chipping
NC0 arrived at 16:58
She did some preening...
Some fish calling...
More preening as Laddie rose from the eggs
Laddie flew off
He headed high out of cam view
NC0 settled to incubate
17:36 NC0 currently
19:47 NC0 fish calling, loudly!
A small tail end of fish from Laddie at 20:13. He had flown from that hidden low birch area, a regular occurrence just recently
NC0 flew off with it in her beak
20:32 Dear Laddie...
20:40 NC0 left the birch (she had been heard fish calling just beforehand) and flew low behind the nest
And back to land on the nest
She moved a piece of bark and placed it alongside Laddie which, in turn, made him rise from the eggs
He flew off
He veered directly to the left and out of cam view
NC0 had two attempts to get settled on the eggs. First, she had to get up to move that piece of bark back close to its original position
She tried again, but then had to remove a small pine cone that was in the nest cup
Finally comfy!
21:45 NC0 was already dozing just before night cam - she must have tired herself out with all the calling that she's done today!
23:38 Sleep well, NC0
Morning All,
NC0 returned from a comfort break at 4:37
Laddie landed just as she was about to settle on the eggs
He made his way round to the left side of the nest
NC0 was fish calling
He moved his position but inadvertently stood on NC0's head in doing so (or was it a ploy to get her up from the eggs?)
NC0 rolled the eggs
Laddie flew off at 4:41 just as NC0 shimmied down to resume her incubation
9:05 Laddie hasn't been back to the nest so, hopefully, he's on a fishing trip. NC0 is quiet and keeping her eggs warm and dry
NC0 took a quick comfort break at 11:17 She yawned before rising from the eggs
Flapped the rain from her wings before leaving
Cam zoomed in
NC0 returned
Cam panned out after she had settled on the eggs
11:43 NC0 currently. She's quiet
13:36 NC0 begins to call - Laddie around?
A flight from the left side towards the right and out of view
13:47 NC0 went quiet for a few minutes after that but has now started to call again