Loch Arkaig web cam: It will be switched back on next month, and should be found here
Here are "All the best bits from the Loch Arkaig Pine Forest osprey camera, Summer 2017, in 2.5 minutes", from the Woodland Trust.
Here is the RSPB Forum for the 2017 Season.
2008 A pair may have started nesting at Loch Arkaig
2013 Chick White KL(09) f, hatched 2009 Loch Arkaig, Inverness seen in Senegal, 2011 & 2012, 2016 by Rutland team and Chris Wood. 2013 is the likely first breeding year at Bassenthwaite of White KL(09) and unringed male
2015 No chicks
2016 No chicks
2017 The nesting platform used by the birds for more than ten years has been rebuilt almost from scratch as, with the birds adding new material every spring, it was beginning to sag under its own weight
Unringed m 10 April named Louis m arrived. Inconclusive whether same 10-yr male, but later concensus was that he was a first-time breeder
Unringed f 30 May new unringed female accepted by Louis
4 May 2017 WT named her Aila
10 May 17.20 Egg #1 Arrives with a grunt from Aila!
22.39 Owl on the nest. Spooked Aila who flew off. A slow start but the action is here.
13 May 19.26 Egg #2 - speckled
Egg #3
18 June First chick hatched
18 June 17.13 Second chick seen struggling out of shell
22 June Two chicks alive, just.
One chick survived, and was ringed 22 or 23 July. Blue JH4(17) m, Lachlan
At 35 days old it has a body mass of 1,305g and wingspan of 291mm.
9 August Lachlan fledges unexpectedly
The Loch is home to otters (three orphans were released in the late autumn 2017) Pine marten have been seen on the nest. WTE and Osprey breed. It's about time I tried to get back there!
Where is Loch Arkaig?
Birdie's DU Summaries 2018 https://www.imagicat.com/
Ian S said:Feeble attempt to bump this up the thread list!, nothing on the WT page or blogs about the switch-on date. Ian
Feeble attempt to bump this up the thread list!, nothing on the WT page or blogs about the switch-on date. Ian
Thanks Mary. Ian
Thanks, Mike and Mary. While I hope that the rest of the Ospreys arrive safely, I can't help also hoping that they all take a mini holiday in France to give the workers time to fix everything!
Kind regards, Ann
Courtesy of the Scottish Mountaineering Club archives, here's a photo from May 1906, title 'Loch Arkaig Osprey Nest'.
It's not the best picture (well, maybe it is given its age!) but I assume the nest was (is still?) in the biggest tree on the left of the island). Anyone around at that time that can verify that?!
(c) Scottish Mountaineering Club
Great pic, Korky! Thanks.
Korky, very good picture for its age. I think there are three Osprey nests in the area. The one that is covered by the Woodland Trust camera is definitely not on an island but one of the others might be. I wasn't around in 1906! Ian
The island could also possibly be a Crannog. A relatively high number of what look like islands in Lochs are actually Crannogs, the most famous one (as featured in an episode of Time Team) being at Loch Tay. It is well worth a visit. Ian
Never heard of a Crannog, Ian. Don't have those in New Jersey.... Will need to look it up! Thanks for adding to my education!
Lisa, Google (other search engines are available!) "The Scottish Crannog Centre". Ian
And a very good fish restaurant on stilts at Fort William!