Lady, die 29 jährige Fischadler Dame von Loch of the Lowes, ist zu ihrem Nest in Schottland zurück gekehrt und hat sofort ihre Rivalin verscheucht.
Mit ihrem Partner hat sie sich auch schon ein paar mal gepaart.
Man vermutet, das Lady der älteste freilebende Brutvogel unter den Greifvögeln ist.
Q: Can you show us how you are able to identify Lady from her markings,
How far back do you have pictures that you can use and what makes her different?
A: A great question. We have detailed records both photographs and drawings, going right back to the early 1990’s of this birds plumage markings etc. It was only about 10 years ago we got HD cameras and the ability to zoom in to the level of detail to allow us to use iris recognition as a form of ID. Her distinguishing features, (apart from her behaviour!) are: A ‘concord’ shape of dark feathers on the back of her head; a very dark chest band with a distinctive ‘upper circle’ of dots; a mark in her right iris in the shape of a lightning bolt on the lower edge, and in her left eye, a series of clear dots on the lower right. Here are some photo’s of these taken this morning:
The new 360 Observatory is almost ready. This is the view that our Structural Engineer is getting this morning -> Mr. Dai Dot.
from fb
Over 500 people were happily watching Blue 24 on the Dyfi Live Streaming on Tuesday morning before she disappeared at around 10:30 heading east. First thing yesterday morning she was on the Rutland Manton Bay nest on the Live Streaming there.
Ten minutes ago, guess who's just turned up on the Dyfi nest?
A 300 mile trip to central England and back in two days. Get me out of here - I'm an osprey!