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/
Back! Aila in tow.
IMAGICAT
Aila on the nest, everything looks almost black and white this morning..... need some colour on the hills :-)
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Scylla, I hope you don't mind but I have copied the pine marten video and shared it with the Loch Arkaig osprey group on facebook.
Good Morning Liz
Ah it must have just been the light when I took that last snip..... it looks more colourful now.
Aila still there
Liz B said: Scylla, I hope you don't mind but I have copied the pine marten video and shared it with the Loch Arkaig osprey group on facebook.
All my videos are public property if approved by the copyright holders, Liz ;-) Thank you for sharing it!
Louis's got a fish, how will he perform today?
Aila is having a right old tussle with the furniture :-)
Aila:
She had a go at Louis's tree:
scylla said:Louis's got a fish, how will he perform today?
It was a small one and he took it away:
I think he's returned without it! Must've dropped it, he couldn't have eaten it that fast :-/
LOL, Mary, you are superseding me ;)
He definitely didn't have any fish on his return:
I think he made a bit of progress with the tree.
Thanks for the sterling work with the updates peoples...
Has def been am interesting watch this morning for me so far.
Louis, I am sure there are bigger fish to be caught, perhaps even big enough for an Osprey meal for two, if you are more patient and try looking a bit harder.
The lumber issues here, and re-organising of, are fascinating, but energy wise, tiring to watch.