Continued from March 2024
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It was a very welcomed surprise to see NC0 arrive back from her wintering grounds on the 8th March, her earliest return to date! NC0 kept herself occupied while alone - catching some impressive-sized fish to eat as well as preparing the nest in readiness for future eggs. To note, her severely split blue darvic ring (as seen last season) is missing and she now only wears a BTO ring on her right leg.
It was a nail-biting time for us waiting to see if dear Laddie would make an appearance too and, little did we know, that it would be a further 19 days before he made his ‘grand entrance’ on the 27th, being ‘escorted’ to the nest by a flock of very vocal gulls!
Having settled into their usual routines on the nest and around the reserve, we now look forward to watching this season’s events unfold.
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Nest Updates
Arrival dates: NC0(16) - 8.3.24 (17:52) Laddie (LM12) - 27.3.24 (16:38)
Eggs laid: Egg #1 - 17.4.24 (10:48) Egg #2 - 20.4.24 (10:53) Egg #3 - 23.4.24 (20:47)
Link to blogs and updates during March
April Blogs and Updates (published dates)
17.4.24: SWT/LotL blog >>> First osprey egg of the season at Loch of the Lowes Wildlife Reserve
17.4.24: SWT video >>> NC0 Laying First Egg of the Season
20.4.24: SWT/LotL blog >>> Second osprey egg of the season at Loch of the Lowes Wildlife Reserve
20.4.24: SWT video >>> NC0 Lays Second Egg of the Season
24.4.24: SWT/LotL blog >>> Third osprey egg of the season at Loch of the Lowes Wildlife Reserve
24.4.24: SWT video >>> Female Osprey NC0 Lays Third Egg of the Season
30.4.24: LotL Fb >>> Regarding Laddie's absence
Night cam came on at 20:59
©SWT/LotL
Cam zoomed in at 21:09
21:30 She is sleeping
21:56 NC0 stood up to flap the fine rain from her wings
I thought she was going to do a PS here but she didn't
Back to standing in the nest cup, 21:58
22:06 Sleeping again
NC0 was standing/sleeping on the front left edge of the nest for 36 or so minutes
23:07 She moved back to the centre of the nest as the rain became heavier. Was this an attempt to try to keep the nest cup as dry as she could?
At present, 23:36 - it sounds like it is raining quite hard now
Oh bless you, dear NC0, see you in the morning
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Sandra said:18:27 A single gunshot heard, this startled NC0
That's a good test of the external timeline
(And oh, how much easier it is to find things, if only they'd put one on.)
I don't remember sitting with a soon-to-lay Osprey like this before, she's making me a bit anxious for her health. But some of us do like to be anxious, don't we?
That snap's a bit out of time because I was faffing.
IMAGICAT
Movement! A big flap and she's trundled to look over the right side...
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Back to the nestcup, turning this way and that, slowly, picking at nest material...
She's standing in the nestcup, sleeping tucked.
Up to perch... and seconds later, Laddie arrives. (I'm domestically busy so not watching all the time.)