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/
Just done a look back...Hope someone has got a vid recorded of the fish delivery, handover.... Louis incubating for approx 25 mins... whilst Aila away eating the fish.
Aila then returns with 2/3rds eaten fish, and almost hands it back to Louis....who eventually eats it on the nest. So funny watching him devour the tail end in one, which he seemed to struggle a bit to swallow...( which happened right in front of cam, in clear view)
This pair seem to be running a calm, neat and organised nesting. :-)
Trying said:This pair seem to be running a calm, neat and organised nesting. :-)
At around 19.07, Louis landed and pretty much shoved Aila off the egg so that he could incubate it! Ian
Louis arrives with a huge fish.
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Aila has flown and Louis is incubating.
Birdies LG DU update.
Louis just brought in a nice sized fish. He tried to hang on to it for a bit while Aila was trying to take it. He is such a character. This was at about 7:15 give or take a minute or two.
7:43 am Aila brings back part of the fish, Louis takes it and flys off. Aila back to incubating
Louis back now with the tail end of the fish.
Another FISH :)
IMAGICAT
Retrospectives
Trying said:So funny watching him devour the tail end in one, which he seemed to struggle a bit to swallow...
The second day he wasn't so obliging.
(I rebooted laptop again this morning but it's still juddery :( )
Louis with a fish delivery at about 13.30, Ian