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/
Aila's frosty bottie:
Aila returns from break with wonky wing:
Shifts nuisance bamboo stick:
Louis brought part-fish and ate some more while waiting for Aila to return from longer-than-average break:
He knew PATILY had popped in so he showed her his 3 eggs :)
IMAGICAT
Did I just catch sight of an intrusion? Checking.
Blue-ringed, presumably male, on the perch !!!
He got short shrift!!
Birdies LG DU update.
scylla said: But you haven't found the divine twig movement bit yet scylla :-D :-p
But you haven't found the divine twig movement bit yet scylla :-D :-p
I've only looked for eggs, Trying - not been thru the whole day. If you want to tell me when it was I'll willingly try :)
[/quote]Best guess...is between 21-20 and 21-30 last night....if I remember right.
I have vid, but nowhere to upload it to (I dont do YT uploads), to present a link to it here. :-(
Mike B said: He got short shrift!!
I haven't actually checked if that was the same bird who landed on her, Mike - am having crashing probs with editor :'(
She had been on guard well before this video starts and was still up for a while afterwards:
Yes, blue-ringed:
Don't mess with Aila !!!
BR male is on the perch again!
I hope it's not a replay from the weird stream.
scylla said: I hope it's not a replay from the weird stream.
Maybe someone with sharper eyes can tell if it's a rerun or a repeat intrusion:
And there's just been another one, no landing that I noticed out of the corner of my eye.
Poor Aila, she's doing well but she doesn't need this!
You can see the blue ring here:
Trying said: But you haven't found the divine twig movement bit yet scylla :-D :-p
Only just opened up my emails and seen your PM, Trying. I'm afraid I don't have it - another stream problem here, watch the timeline and see the difference before and after auto-refresh :-/