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/
Sweetie :)
IMAGICAT
Aila busy nestcupping and moving a large branch
Louis arrived with half a fish @ 1201hr:
It took Aila until 1209hr to nab it from between his legs:
I can't post the snaps, shall do so asap. Except I might have to have a nap soon.
Edit - Snaps added :)
Sorry, that was Louis being busy Aila has just joined him
Oh Look! Aren't they beautiful?
C Woodland Trust
I was going to tell you "Louis, not Aila" but my browser keeps not responding on LG forums, it starts out OK but deteriorates along the day :(
patily said:Aren't they beautiful?
Yes, Patily, and here's another one:
Louis just sprung into life :)
Louis is working hard on the big tree and another stick.
How come one twig can be so energy sapping, and much more troublesome than it is really worth....and yet provide so much enjoyment to us cam watchers. :-D
I really watching Louis standing on that large branch and chewing on it at te same time to the extent that he had to have adoze. Woke up Had another stand on and tussle with big stick before flying off to the right and coming back to mate Think he has gone now
Aila calling