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ALYTH - May 2023

Glider
01/05/2023 22:36

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

  • 21/05/2023 19:12 in reply to Glider
    I’m trying to work out the time of hatching but this was the first clear view I got.
  • 21/05/2023 19:36 in reply to Glider
    How fabulous Glider, to see the new chick! Great photos, thanks for sharing.
  • 21/05/2023 19:54
    Wonderful news! Grinning
    Many thanks for all that you do here and also for reporting the intruder sighting to Roy Dennis!
    Fingers crossed you get more info on that bird.
  • 21/05/2023 19:59

    Flora had been fussing a lot over the eggs the past few hours. She would’ve known it was happening.

    Back tracking, I could hear the chick at15.05.28 when Flora was readjusting her position and at each time an adult moved off the eggs, the chick could be heard. A good view of the eggs here at 16.25. Pretty much impossible to tell if there is a crack.

  • 21/05/2023 20:03 in reply to Glider

    This was the first view of the cracked egg and the chick moving. The arrow is pointing to the rounded purple of the chick’s back as it moves to the left from the middle shell.

  • 21/05/2023 20:10 in reply to Sandra

    Sandra P said:
    Wonderful news!
    Many thanks for all that you do here and also for reporting the intruder sighting to Roy Dennis!
    you get more info on that bird.

    Thanks Sandra Blush This isn’t the easiest nest to follow with all the plastic that often obscures the view of the eggs. Luckily, Flora shifted the offending piece today so we got to see the chick. 

    I’ve never reported to Roy Dennis before but with this intruder’s blue darvic not being recorded, I thought I should. 

  • 21/05/2023 20:41 in reply to Glider

    Harry delivered a small live fish at 19.24


    Flora tried so hard to feed the little one. It was struggling to control its body and lift its head, being only 2 hours old

    Flora kept offering and made contact with the little one’s beak. I don’t know if if managed to take anything or not.

    Flora finished the fish off, swallowing the tail. She then tidied up the scraps, offering to the wee one again, but it was so tired.

    Flora left for a quick comfort break 

    and returned less than a minute later.

    She went straight to her chick and eggs

    and settled down.

  • 21/05/2023 21:10 in reply to Glider

    Oh my goodness, Harry’s on the case tonight. Second tiny fish delivered 20.42


    You can just make out the wee fish’s tail end circled as Flora takes it from Harry.

    Little Bob was up for it this time and calling

      Three or four small pieces were eaten by little bob

    It then crashed down, unable to take any more. Flora still offered it food to the back of its head then quickly finished the fish off.

    Flora tidied up the scraps and may have managed to force another slither into her chick’s beak before settling down.