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Wednesday
21st March
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EJ returns
at 5.07pm
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Wednesday
28th March
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Blue ringed male arrives at 11am
EJ allows him to mate several times without apparent preamble...or fish. He
then settles in and commences work on nest.
Male identified by Roy Dennis as Blue/White
XD whose own nest has been damaged.
Roy Dennis, assisted by Richard Thaxton and Ian Perks from
LG, rebuild a basic nest platform at XD's nest site.
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Sunday
1st April
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Odin
returns,
ousts Blue XD and delivers EJ a fish at about 3.35pm
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Monday 2nd April - Thursday 5th
April
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EJ absent from nest for long periods.
Weather bad
(heavy snowfalls) during this time.
Roy Dennis reports in his blog, having checked the newly rebuilt nest
site on Thursday 5th April, that Blue XD was busy working on his new nest. EJ was observed to be with him at
that time but she subsequently returned to LG.
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Monday
9th April
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Egg#1
first
seen about 5.15pm
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Thursday
12th April
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Egg#2
laid just after 2pm
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Sunday
15th April
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Egg#3
laid about 12.55pm
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Wednesday
16th May
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Egg#1
hatches about 11.30pm (37 days)
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Friday
18th May
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Egg#2
hatches around 6.53pm (36 days)
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Tuesday
22nd May
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Egg#3
hatches at 6.59pm (37 days)
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Friday
15th June
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EJ
starts fishing (eldest chick 30 days old)
EJ Fishing Stats
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Sunday
17th June
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After being subjected to repeated bullying and unprovoked attacks by Chick#2 over time Chick#3 is finally killed by its sibling(s) around 9.00am (26 days old)
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Friday
29th June
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Ringing and Tagging (commenced around 8.00am)
Caledonia (F) (44 days)
Darvic ring left leg, blue/white AA1
BTO ring right leg, no. 1410572. Satellite tagged
Wing: 365mm Tail: 150mm Weight: 1680g
Alba (F) (42 days)
Darvic ring left leg, blue/white AA2
BTO ring right leg, no. 1410571. Satellite tagged
Wing: 353mm Tail: 150mm Weight: 1680g
[N.B. Caledonia's blue/white AA1 darvic ring fitted upside down]
See: SuperCALLYfragilisticexpiALBAdocious
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Saturday
14th July |
Alba
fledges at 9.11am (57 days) then Caledonia fledges at around 11.28am (59 days)
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Saturday
18th August
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EJ
last seen around 9.23am after delivering two fish to the nest in quick succession.
Fish #1 at 8.33am taken by Caledonia and fish #2 at 9.23am taken by Alba
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Sunday
19th August
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Caledonia (95 days) and Alba (93 days)
last seen on nest at 10.14am
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Wednesday
22nd August
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Odin last seen around 3pm
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