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2024 Season (link)
At the beginning of May, just after we celebrated an improved start to the season for Brodie and Asha (née Mistle), catastrophe descended upon the nest, in the form of KL5-Klive, whose aggression had ruined the end of 2023 for the two fledged siblings.
Brodie and Asha had returned on 06 and 07 April respectively.
= 21 April 2024 @ 10:47 = 24 April 2024 @ 14:06 = 27 April 2024 @ 13:0502 May 2024 - BlueKL5 "Klive" destroyed/kicked out all eggs.
Brodie was soon overpowered and he fled, returning occasionally.
Axel was seen to intrude very occasionally.
On 07 May SheilaFE reported: Sunday 05 May 2024 20:36:24 KL5 flies off the nest to chase an O flying by – last time Klive is seen on Sunday evening engaging in an aerial battle. Maybe he got his behind kicked and is laying low?
But he returned
Klive wooed Asha, unwelcome and incompetent (re mating), and teasing and selfish (fish-wise), Brodie made the odd appearance, and in the end Asha left early, leaving Klive to assert himself over the nest area for the rest of the season.
This was Imagicat's take on the season (thanks to ChloeB ️and Tiger ).
For IDs
Asha (unringed)
Brodie & Asha - so very similar!
Klive-KL5 (Blue)
He'll be 5 years old this season - might he have matured in the right direction?
Axel-AX6 (Blue)
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The as-yet untended nest (and cam)
The nest cam is glitchy and the PTZ is offline. There is no news from LG HQ. WildlifeWindows' own YT channel has only peregrine falcon streams active.
This is a very busy OP - but who knows who may turn up? and we do hope one familiar face (or feathers) in particular turns up:
IMAGICAT
Oh Scylla, you have such a way with words
2013 photos & vids here
eff37 on Flickr
19 March
The PTZ is back - but the Nest still doesn't have any IR :((( They could share some of Glaslyn's
Thank you Scylla for showing the PTZ cam back on, such a shame about the nest not having IR (or Loch of the Lowes a timestamp). The cameras are there for public engagement, enjoyment and monitoring but these little omissions certainly affect us watchers!
I take it no-one has arrived yet?
http://scottishwildlifetrust.org.uk/things-to-do/wildlife-webcams/loch-of-lowes/
RSPB Giving Nature a Home
Thank you scylla
A lovely first post to remind us (me) how our individual Ospreys look :-D
Hoping for a great season in many ways!
Post on fb today about cameras
Such a pity they don't bother posting to us on the community, expected though seeing as they never bothered with us last year! Not everyone is on Facebook. Good the cameras are up and running, all we need now are our beautiful Osprey's, who will they be I wonder?
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
I totally agree with that Catlady. I’m not on Facebook. So thank you 25mac for putting that post on here.
It’s so good to see that some Ospreys have returned already to their nests. Only hope we don’t have to wait too long to see Asha return. Fingers crossed that a reliable male Osprey arrives & this nest has has some long awaited success.
Not on Facebook either Blusky2. Yes, indeed we need a successful season this year, it has been long awaited, not long now.
27 March
Just checking thru neglected footage this afternoon, 28th - the PTZ seemed to zoom in futilely on the campost, then suddenly it zoomed past it and this is what we saw - it took me a while to discern it:
Up-to-date to mid-morning today, nothing further to report.