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
Was that a fish for NC0? No, it was nesting material
NC0 flew off. Laddie took over incubation
Off to work. BFN
©SWT/LotL
Cam went offline earlier so I'm unable to check occurrences from this morning.
Since 11:28, this has been the New YT URL
Laddie was incubating when the cam came back online
At 11:41 he flew off and the egg was left unattended for 6 minutes until NC0 returned at 11:47
Laddie was back to the nest with a stick at 11:50
Placing his stick
Throughout Laddie's 5 minute duration on the nest, NC0 was calling for fish - I assume one wasn't delivered prior to the cam going off or during down time
At 13:00, Laddie was back again with a stick. NC0 had got up expecting a meal in his talons, she had excitable calls
The end of the stick was in the nest cup here - the egg wasn't on show
NC0 was really shouting for a fish
Laddie flew off at 13:03
Scrolling through the rest of the footage, I can't see that Laddie has been back to the nest since then. NC0 has remained incubating
14:42 NC0 at present
It has been extremely windy, perhaps that is/has been hampering Laddie in any fishing attempts
I've been away from my computer since my last post. On returning, the cam had gone offline again so have no way to check footage from then onwards.
New YT URL
NC0 still incubating, 15:40
This section is now displayed to the right of the screen on the main webcam page. I assume this will replace the usual weekly 'Nestcam Diary' that Lowes used to produce?
Link >>> SWT News Feed
The latest publication (17.4.24) >>> First osprey egg of the season at Loch of the Lowes Wildlife Reserve
I'll add all of the LotL news, for this season so far, to the OP
16:13 An unringed intruder attempted to land on the nest - NC0 flapped it away after it was hovering above her
Incoming, top right
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Sandra said:16:13 An unringed intruder attempted to land on the nest - NC0 flapped it away after it was hovering above her
I was watching but then, frustratingly, the dang internal network had gone down... so I did a vid from the download, then while it was processing I faffed some more with the network (it involves turning wifi on 'n off on the 2 laptops you want to see each other, multiple times, sometimes a full reboot is req'd) and got it back so then cut the clip from the timelined version - and gratified to see it agrees with your time, SANDRA :)))
I thought it was an unringed male but we never got to see the breast straight-on - it looked strongly marked.
IMAGICAT
Oh Scylla, thank you so much!!
Cam went offline again!
NEW YT URL (from 16:30)