Bird Cams

[icampbell15]

Hi Rosie, it's hard to describe . It's like a large grey mortar board with a pillar on each corner and another 'mortar board' on top.
I have always imagined it just being a pole with perhaps a wee metal support on top!
If you Google the nest and look on images, there is a picture there.

 

[Sparky]

This is it .

Roettenbach by lyn.sparkes, on Flickr

 

[icampbell15]

Thank you Sparky.

I didn't know how to post the photo!

 

[Rosie34]

Thank you - it looks very sturdy

 

[mike_dublin]

Storks are back ...

The nest in Roettenbach is occupied again.

 

[Sparky]

The nest in Roettenbach is occupied again.

The birds have been visiting both nests for most of the winter this year, very unusual .

 

[Rosie34]

Just had a look now and there are 2 storks on the nest - must be starting early this year, but a lot of tidying up and housekeeping to do by the looks of things ( 2 storks on each of 3 of the German nests!)

 

[Sparky]

There is an egg in the Rottenbach nest .

 

[ragdollabbi]

Looks like 2 eggs this morning

 

[Sparky]

Höchstadt has an egg .

 

[ragdollabbi]

Poor storks……nests are covered in snow at the minute

 

[Rosie34]

I feel so sorry for them sitting there in the awful weather

 

[icampbell15]

What a wee shame for them. I've been watching regularly trying to see how many eggs are there but there is always an attentive parent over them! Hopefully the weather will change soon for them.

 

[icampbell15]

A thick covering of snow on all 3 nests this morning.I have never seen that in the couple of years watching the nests. I hope it doesn't impact on the eggs surviving. The parents are obviously doing what nature intended but it's brutal just now.

 

[Rosie34]

I'm going to stop watching them for a while as I hate seeing them suffering

 

[mike_dublin]

Looking altogether better this morning in the warming sunshine with most of the snow gone from the nest.

According to some of the info online a short period of snow isn't generally a problem for them and they can also withstand freezing temperatures.
Only a prolonged freezing period might cause problems mainly for finding food.

 

[Rosie34]

Oh Good - I can start watching them again now

 

[icampbell15]

Finally managed to see the eggs. Rottenbach, Lindheim and Hochstadt each have 5 eggs! So lovely to see the nests looking in better shape. Now awaiting the hatching...

 

[icampbell15]

3 eggs hatched at Rottenbach!

 

[mike_dublin]

3 eggs hatched at Rottenbach!

Great to see the Roettenbach chicks in the sunshine.