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/
Nest looks like a big pudding covered in icing sugar now that day cam is on. :-)
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OSPREY on the nest !!! Don't know who, tho.
IMAGICAT
I wonder if it's the same female as the other day? Unfortunately it flew off just as I stopped the recording to access it.
This was the visitor last month, with a quite distinct 'moustache'. It could be the same female.
The consensus of the WT chat page seems to be that it is the same bird. Ian
This morning's visitor didn't ever face the cam in the short time it was there.
Fine snow but steady, it should build up if it doesn't stop... unless it's wet snow.
Cam not working for me, just a black screen.
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Same for me too Starling.
From the WT
Camera update.
Our signal is fired across the loch by a dish before it enters the internet via the local company Locheilnet.
There have been a few power surges in various areas yesterday and this morning. Achnasaul, which is where our signal enters, went offline.
An engineer is on the way. It should be resolved later today or tomorrow at latest.
Suspect this means we won't hear from Liz unless she is on a different branch of the network.
Everything about internet connectivity let alone an osprey camera is a technical challenge in such a remote area. Locheilnet are magnificent and I am sure they will get things going again as soon as possible.