Alyth is located in Perth and Kinross on the east coast of Scotland. The Osprey nest is at the Alyth SSEN Transmission sub station and is the tallest of all the nests on camera in the UK.
Background information:-
The Ospreys have nested at the site for many years since around 1990.
They were nesting on a nearby electricity tower, but due to a planned expansion of the site a decision was taken to resite the old nest to a specially constructed 25-metre nesting tower and two nearby 8.5 metre resting perches, which were erected in 2014. Advice was sought from Roy Dennis.Since that first breeding season in 2014, a total of 17 osprey chicks have been observed to have fledged from the new site.
Due to the height of the tower, no ringing can take place.
The resident ospreys are called Harry and Flora (blue HK0), named by a local school in Alyth. All pupils were also given their own osprey soft toy as a thank you from the teams for getting involved and for showing such enthusiasm about the ospreys.
In 2023 Flora HK0 arrived on 30th March and Harry on 4th April. Together, they successfully raised three chicks to fledging.
Flora was last seen on 10th August and Harry 7th September. (The camera stream was offline from 13- 23 August)
Thank you Richard for initial information which I’ve edited to include last year’s figures.
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August 2023 to February 2024
Live stream - SSEN Transmission as provided by Wildlife Windows
RETURN DATES 2024
Flora (Blue HK0) 28 March 19.19
Harry 29 March 14.40
EGGS LAID
15/04/24 at 11.01 ———————-Hatched 21 or 22/05/24
18/04/23 at 09.04 (I think!) ————--Hatched 23/05/24
21/04/23 sometime in the morning. ————Hatched 26/05/24
SADLY, ONE CHICK DIED ON THE NEST ON 30/05/24
LIVE STREAM WAS DOWN FOR OVER TWO WEEKS FROM MAY 31. WHEN IT RETURNED, IT WAS EVIDENT THAT THERE WAS ONLY ONE CHICK REMAINING ON THE NEST.
All photos and videos copyright SSEN Transmission Alyth and Wildlife Windows
Harry (left) and Flora HK0 at the beginning of season 2023.
21.49 Beautiful sky tonight.
©️SSEN/Alyth
June 24
Some moments from today. The main news is Harry has brought in 6 fish so far today.
Here are a few of them
08.49
12.39
13.33 Harry returned with a half eaten fish to help Flora defend the nest.
13.34 an unringed intruder flew over.
15.19 Flora rearranging the nest rails.
16.38 another fish from Harry
19.32 the latest and 6th fish of the day. I think Harry has forgotten he’s only one chick to feed!
June 25
11.18 A morning fish for the chick. Harry looking splenid as he arrives.
Flora takes the headless fish. It’s a good size.
11.28 The chick gets a good feed.
11.31 Flora feeds it some more after it has lain down.
June 27
11.26 Lovely headless trout brought in by Harry.
11.27 A good feed for the chick.
This was actually the 2nd fish of 3 delivered so far today. ©️SSEN/Alyth
June 29
What a strong wind there was here this morning. The nest was shaking and the noise on the mic was terrible!
11.41 Harry brought in a fish.He lifted his wings and glided away.
Flora got on with the job of feeding the chick. You can see the crop in the field below being blown.
All still well here with our one remaining chick.
13.36 Here is an earlier headless fish delivery from Harry.
13.37 Harry leaves, Flora continues feeding the chick.
13.50
13.51 the chick has had enough and turns away
Flora ate some herself then walked round to beside the chick.
13.52 She offered more but the chick wasn’t interested.
22.14 Beautiful sky tonight. Flora has been preening on the perch.