Goodnight Slim .....sleep tight . See you tomorrow
Morning folks, hope everything's OK where you are?
Thought you all might want to know that Louis, the resident male, has now arrived at the Loch Arkaig nest and is busily rearranging sticks and bringing in nesting materials in anticipation of Aila's arrival!
@Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing posted:Morning folks, hope everything's OK where you are?
Thought you all might want to know that Louis, the resident male, has now arrived at the Loch Arkaig nest and is busily rearranging sticks and bringing in nesting materials in anticipation of Aila's arrival!
https://www.cumbriawildlifetru...GMCyTmYaAlz5EALw_wcB
Am I looking in the right place?
Osprey sat in the nest looking around...I guess waiting
@Baz posted:Afternoon Slim and EFFT
Glad the osprey are finally getting their act together .
Lovely sunny day here , although we had a hailstorm over night .....but it was quite warm when I went in my walk this morning . Hope itâs nice where you are , and that you are having a good day .
Hey there Baz
Good to see you have been able to go for your walk today...despite the cold....and HAIL 
We've seen some rain earlier but the sun is out now 
Dad has just gone shopping to M&S...so have turned the volume up on my music....is nice to be able to take the headphones off for a change
@slimfern posted:Hey there Baz
Good to see you have been able to go for your walk today...despite the cold....and HAIL
We've seen some rain earlier but the sun is out now
Dad has just gone shopping to M&S...so have turned the volume up on my music....is nice to be able to take the headphones off for a change
Way to go Slim .
My M&S delivery came yesterday ....I do love a bit of M&S food .
@slimfern posted:Yeah M&S do the luxury stuff pretty damn well ....I do like the Coop for their ethic & British first policy
I do my main shop at Sainsburyâs .....but Iâm a sucker for M&S food .....used to pop up there once a week in the *good old days * before Covid (and my ankle ).....made my day when Ocado started delivering it last September .
@slimfern posted:https://www.cumbriawildlifetru...GMCyTmYaAlz5EALw_wcB
Am I looking in the right place?Osprey sat in the nest looking around...I guess waiting
No, sorry Slim, that's Cumbria. You want the Woodland Trust at Loch Arkaig Scotland, They have their own site, but the webcam is live on you tube.There have been electrical problems and the footage halted just after 3 pm today - should be back up soon!
Live footage seems to be back now, but no-one's on the nest just now!
@Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing posted:No, sorry Slim, that's Cumbria. You want the Woodland Trust at Loch Arkaig Scotland, They have their own site, but the webcam is live on you tube.There have been electrical problems and the footage halted just after 3 pm today - should be back up soon!
Thatâs a huge nest EFFT
@Baz posted:Thatâs a huge nest EFFT
They always just build on top of whatever's left from last year's nest. so year on year it gets bigger and bigger .... AND .... they are pretty big birds!
@Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing posted:They always just build on top of whatever's left from last year's nest. so year on year it gets bigger and bigger .... AND .... they are pretty big birds!
True
Morning all, hope we are all ok today.
No change on the Osprey nest today so far.
@Baz posted:Awwww....impatient in what way ? Were they crowding you Slim ?
Silly things that would normally not bother me have bothered me....like side stepping to let a person go by and them still brushing past....people not saying thank you...just ignorant! ...Other people's children screeching & throwing tantrums 
It's probably lack of sleep 
@slimfern posted:Silly things that would normally not bother me have bothered me....like side stepping to let a person go by and them still brushing past....people not saying thank you...just ignorant! ...Other people's children screeching & throwing tantrums
It's probably lack of sleep
Awwwww .....lack of sleep is a bummer ....it makes everything seem blown out of proportion ....although tbh those things would have annoyed me anyway .
@Baz posted:Awwwww .....lack of sleep is a bummer ....it makes everything seem blown out of proportion ....although tbh those things would have annoyed me anyway .
I've shut myself in my room for everyone's sake...even my Dad has stopped moaning cos he knows me well enough to know when I'm ready to blow
@slimfern posted:Afternoon
Baz & Fluffs
Is the Osprey clipped Fuffs....how is it known that it's the same bird each year?
louis and aila are not ringed, but we can tell it's them because they have very distinctive markings. louis has a lot of dark/black on his head/face. if he looks straight into the camera it's like he's just been to a face painting party. Aila has a very large amount of brown speckles on her chest and a very clear and distinctive 'delta' at the front of her face/head, just above the beak and very little at the back. Aila's still not arrived yet, so there are large periods of the day when the nest is empty.
Just looked and Louis is on the nest.
@Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing posted:louis and aila are not ringed, but we can tell it's them because they have very distinctive markings. louis has a lot of dark/black on his head/face. if he looks straight into the camera it's like he's just been to a face painting party.
@Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing posted:Just looked and Louis is on the nest.
Awwww ....thatâs lovely EFFT .
@Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing posted:Just looked and Louis is on the nest.
He is on there now...lovely to watch him tidying the nest
@Baz posted:Hi Slim and EFFT
Hey....hoping you're feeling a bit more relaxed
Dad had a bit of a catastrophe in the kitchen so missed the end of Masterchef.....what was the result?
