RECAP
Flora HK0 arrived 30 March 2023
Harry (unringed) arrived 4 April 2023
EGG No. 1 laid 15 April
EGG No. 2 laid 18 April
EGG No. 3 laid 21 April
First expected hatch date around 22 May
LINK TO APRIL 2023
Sandra P said:Many thanks for the updates; love the magnified egg pics, Glider!
Thanks Sandra, you’re very welcome. I’m just lucky there’s a magnifier built into the iPad.
scylla said:
Yes, I'm so jealous of GLIDER's magnifier - none of my various freebie softwares can do that.
I've not be monitoring this nest even tho I record it 24/7 - well, just now I checked thru some of the day and am horrifed to see the familiar trash on the nest
I will have deleted the footage showing any of it coming in, serves me right for neglecting it!
Yes, the rubbish isn’t very good Scylla. It was Flora who brought in the latest plastic bottle and tubing.
I was out yesterday but managed to catch 2 fish deliveries when I got back. The first, a small headless at 16.02
And the second, more substantial at 18.57
Sunday 21st May
Flora looks a bit wet early this morning.
Today is day 36 after the first egg was laid so looking for possible hatching tomorrow or soon after.
Looking back, Flora had a miserable night of weather.
Harry came for the first changeover of the day
There have been many changeovers through the morning.
The rain returned
and continued
Hopefully will be a better few days ahead for the hatchings.
12.16 Flora gets up and starts flapping, mantling and intruder chipping.
Despite her efforts, an intruder lands on the nest.
The ring number is clearly visible blue 500
They look at each other
and Flora chases it off
I checked the ukospreyinformation.com site for details but there is a gap in the sequence and blue 500 isn’t there.
After that episode, at 12.28, Flora was treated to a small live fish from Harry.
and she’s off with her lunch.
I’ve reported the intruder sighting with a couple of photos here Roy Dennis