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/
Correct.
Birdies LG DU update.
There was a minor osprey intrusion at just after 18.00. Aila was on the nest & pancaked. After she stood up & shouted another bird got quite close. All that could be seen was a flash of a blue ring. Ian
I can't remember how to add text to my photo which is Aila defending the nest from a blue ringed intruder in a bit of a blur!!
This is the best I could get on scroll back
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Good Morning All
Some early morning HP (hanky panky) for L & A
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EJ's Memorial Balgavies Loch Ospreys 2023
Both present at the moment.
There was a left leg blue ring (looks like FS1) on the nest for about 10 minutes at 06.00. I was going to call it an intrusion but Aila who was on the nest seemed totally relaxed with it. Louis was on the nest before & has been since. I would guess it was a male. Looking at UK Ospreys there are three FS rings but none are FS1, one has no details & the other two are from Roudsea Wood in Cumbria (so should be right leg rings). Ian
Hi Ian. Found him on rewind. It does look like FS1, but not totally clear.
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