Link to July 2023 thread
July proved to be a less nail-biting month than June. Brodie re-appeared early on the 1st and delivered fish (including flounder) to the nest every day bar 1 thereafter, with a record count of 7 on the 21st. Asha also fished and delivered a salmon on the 3rd, as well as quite a few sticks, not least one to replace the sticky-up stick on the nest that got removed on ringing day - 12th July. We have 2 boys, as only 7% of those surveyed had predicted. 2C5 (oldest) became Sid (Vicious) and 2C4 (youngest) is Harry (Nilsson). We had some cracking snaps particularly from the PTZ camera, a 2am fish, self-feeding started, and wing-flapping and helicoptering. Bets are on for a fledge or two very early in August. Sid is 58 days and Harry 56 days on the 1st of August
Good morning, TREVOR, good to see you back to normal service :)))
SheilaFE said:I thought he looked really tired, exhausted even.
I didn't want to labour the point, but yes - exhausted. I was and am so upset and worried about him - but must focus on the positives: no fresh blood and he had eaten recently, apparently.
My wonderful new/secondhand smartphone isn't helping mood, either - super phone, Galaxy Note20, if only I could handle it
IMAGICAT
trevor l said:2 Redstarts on nest at 8.46 am
I still have to check thru the day-so-far.
If you're wondering why the cam is fixed on one of our fave Osprey perches - I think it was trying to catch this little bird, who was singing, but it was during a bad buffering period so this was all we got before it flitted out of sight:
Our herring gulls are red listed birds. Think about that the next time you hear some flaming idiot calling for a cull of them.
Clare Bailey said:Today Sid will be 71 days old. Surely that's too young for him to have gone?
I'm hoping he's just "elsewhere", avoiding the danger area. It would be nice to see him, tho.
Certainly it would be a record, at least based on Tiger and Chloe B's data gathered from 2004-2014
SheilaFE said: And another good thing is KL5 hasn't been around today, or when zHarry appeared. Just trying to be positive!!
Sheila, when was Harry around yesterday?
EDIT. Ignore me Sheila, I had it in my mind just now that it was Sid on the nest!!
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Unknown said:Certainly it would be a record, at least based on Tiger and Chloe B's data gathered from 2004-2014
The earliest birds I can remember were Dyfi's Clarach and Cerist in 2013 - I think they were each 78 days.