I start this thread with a heavy heart, as Brodie hasn't been seen at all on Friday 30th June. The last fish delivered to the nest was at 21.11 on 28 June, over 48 hours ago. Brodie was last sighted at 09.10 hours on 29 June, over 36 hours ago.
Chick 1 hatched 'early morning' on the 4 June and chick 2 overnight on 6 June. One egg didn't hatch (maybe number 1?). There were lots of intruders during the month of June, including KL5, and last year's male Axel on the weekend of 17/18th. Brodie has disappeared before for a couple of days, and no fish were delivered over the first weekend after hatching on 10/11th June so maybe we should keep the faith and cross all eyes, toes and fingers that Brodie will come good, recover from whatever keeps him away from his nest and chicks, and deliver a stonking fish first thing on 1 July.
Link to June 2023 thread
Lovely fish at 16.26
(c) RSPB Loch Garten
An update from LG with a vid. They won't be naming them! They will merely be known by their ring numbers.
RSPB Loch Garten, Abernethy
Today was an extraordinary day as we were able to ring the two osprey chicks at the RSPB Loch Garten, Abernethy nest .
We have two male osprey chicks on the nest with leg rings 2C4 and 2C5. Here is a little update from the day!
Birdie's DU Summaries 2018 https://www.imagicat.com/
Fantastic, thanks for posting the link, Sheila
Saving the space in case TREVOR barges in with a fish for the 13th
No fish yet, so here's my Ringing Day video:
It will have been noted that our juves were ringed the wrong way around:
#1 = 2C5 = Sid Vicious
#2 = 2C4 # Harry Nilsson
They were so named because #1 was a no-brainer and Nilsson provided a contemporaneous contrast for dear little #2 (tho, how might he have behaved had there been a #3?).
BTW, I thought that 2C4 recovered more quickly from the disruption.
IMAGICAT
Fish at 8 00 am
she Nealy pulled his foot off
scylla said:
Love it!!!!! Doubt they'll be adopted by the RSPB, though.
Our herring gulls are red listed birds. Think about that the next time you hear some flaming idiot calling for a cull of them.