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.
Links
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.
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I've discontinued this nest for now, as am getting weighed down and, fingers crossed, it should be trouble-free here with no more landmarks to occur before migration
IMAGICAT
Quite right Scylla. This nest is ticking along nicely. We don’t have juvies tearing lumps out of each other this year! This was my post for yesterday but my iPad kept freezing and I couldn’t get it on.
28 July
Harry brought 3 fish to the nest today.
12.00 Flora has got the youngster well trained in shouting for a fish delivery!
12.01 What a good sized headless fish this was.
Flora took control of the fish
13.01 and the feed.
14.13 A second fish arrived, a small one this time.
This time the chick fed itself.
Flora ate more of the earlier fish whilst the youngster ate the fresh one.
15.10 The 3rd fish.
Flora took this fish, the chick didn’t even get up!
©️SSEN/Alyth
29 July
09.59 A large headless fish from Harry this morning.
Flora and the chick both want the fish
Flora releases and the chick gets it.
Mantling over the fish.
31 July
All going well here. Harry brought a nice headless fish for lunch.
12.49
Flora took the fish
12.50 then fed the youngster.
Later, the juvie paid a visit to the camera.13.27 Arriving
Tiny Flora on the nest!
13.30 Back down to the nest.