Friday 13th July 2012

July 13, 2012 in Wildlife Village by Jan

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Good Morning Villagers
 
I am still going through pics from our holiday!!  I found these pics from David taken on Mull. Thought I would share them with you.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Nestcap Thursday 12th July 2012
 
Fish Deliveries  -  5
 
03.34 Both Lady and Blue44 are awake and preening. It is getting light
04.02 Lady flies off now
04.08 Day Camera switches on
04.53 Lady is back
07.04 Blue44 has taken several flying leaps across the nest, where his feet were elevated.

Even from the Hide you dont realise how deep the nest is!

10.13 Laddie flies in with Fish and back off again taking it with him
10.24 Lady Arrives now and mantles and alarm calls
10.25 Laddie arrives with fish and alarm call and mantles with Lady
10.27 Laddie off now
11.48 Update from Lowes re: the thread, they have spoken to Roy Dennis http://blogs.scottishwildlifetrust.org.uk/osprey/
11.43 Laddie arrives with some fish, not sure if it is the remains of the one he took off the nest a bit earlier.
16.45 Lady chasing crows near the reeds
17.45 Laddie perched in boingy tree
18.08 Laddie flies away towards Butterstone
18.23 2nd update of the day from Lowes:
http://blogs.scottishwildlifetrust.org.uk/osprey/
18.35 Lady and Blue44 in nest, Laddie back on boingy tree, lots of calling. Also 6 oyster catchers flying around.
18.54 Fish Delivery, Lady grabs it and Laddie flies off. Blue44 straight there to be fed.
19.08 Fish finished and Lady shouting for another!
20.23 Lady flies onto the nest alarm calling and mantling.
20.27 Fish Delivery, Lady and Blue44 straight there. Lady is looking around, think the intruder is still about. Laddie has left the nest.
20.29 Lady starts feeding Blue44.
20.41 Another fish finished
20.46 Another Fish Delivery. Lady takes it. Laddie flies off and they both watch him. Not a large fish. Lady then feeds Blue44
20.55 Fish finished
21.44 Fish Delivery, Laddie is on a roll. Lady takes it and is feeding chick
22.07 Looks like the fish is all gone now
 
 
 
All Screen Shots © SWT  http://scottishwildlifetrust.org.uk/things-to-do/wildlife-webcams/loch-of-lowes/
 

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The Dyfi Osprey Project and the Scottish wildlife Trust  have kindly given their permission for us to post still and video images from their webcams. To visit their sites please click on the relevant link.    Loch of the Lowes.  Dyfi Osprey Project.


 


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