Anyone else

[seekeerz]

watching the ospreys at loch of the lowes ?? and are you a bit concerned with how Mrs Osprey looks this morning ?? She looks a bit groggy - hope all is well

[boxtops]

How are you watching seekerz, which channel (can I get it here)?

[seekeerz]

go to 'loch of the lowes' and then the swt webcam site, about the 3rd one down, boxy

[boxtops]

Got it! Is that mother at the back, or is that another chick? Breathing heavily, whoever it is.

[seekeerz]

that's mother- that's why I'm worried - she's been staggering around the nest and doesn't seem to be able to lift her head, but she was fine yesterday

[boxtops]

I understand that bringing up chicks can wear out any mother bird, but she looks very flat. The babies are breathing quite heavily too, I wonder if it's warm up there this morning?

[seekeerz]

could be, but it's early yet. they've been careering around the nest, trying to get her attention for over an hour now.

[boxtops]

Have you seen Dad come back with food, as yet? She looked a bit "leave me alone" when she raised her head just now!

[boxtops]

who is that cheeping, seekerz, is that a baby or another bird somewhere nearby?

[seekeerz]

dad came in with a fish about 2 hours ago, very little reaction from mum but I think the chicks are hungry now.

can't help with other sounds - I don't have that connected at the moment

[boxtops]

just popped back in seekerz, not looking very good - Mum has her wings spread out as if she's trying to cool down. Has there been movement in the last half hour?

[seekeerz]

not really, she tries to lift her head, but it goes down again. the chicks have been preening themselves, but they haven't had a meal yet today and I haven't seen dad since early on.

[boxtops]

Can the wardens intervene if the bird is sick, or do they let nature take its course? I saw a message about ringing so presumably they do go to the nest if they have to?

[seekeerz]

oh god i hope so - just that i don't know whether they're aware of it and how long it takes to get to them.

The camera runs all the time - I've logged on at night, just to watch for a bit [ nothing better to do with my time ] there's a number to contact the Edinburgh office but that's about it. though I hope someone in the Uk is able to get through - fingers crossed

[DrFilth]

not sure if what i have just watched is live or recorded, but the mrs osprey at 9-03am
is stood on the side of the nest with her wings out

[boxtops]

I think they are using webcam 2 now, or Mum has moved to the other side of the nest - she'sstill lying down but looking round and a bit of minor wing-flapping. She doesn't look very vigorous, but the tree is moving so perhaps it's really windy - a north wind is forecast today.

[DrFilth]

boxy can that young chick see the camera move as when the camera moved the young chicks head moved with it

[boxtops]

I saw that Drf! Dad just flew in, sat on the edge and cheeped, nobody took a blind bit of notice so he flew off to the nearby tree. I wonder if the wind is making them all lie below nest-wall level - but mum is looking very flat.

[DrFilth]

she did look at him for a few seconds then dropped her head down

[boxtops]

I wonder what time they update the site blog? Yesterday's is still showing.

[DrFilth]

the webcam as just zoomed in on her so someone must be watching her up there maybe they are worried by the lack of movement