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/
Can't see who it is because of their position, but they are tweeting off and on
Looks like its still Louis incubating
Whilst I was capturing Louis, Aila returned and is settling on the eggs whilst Louis flies off
C WT Arkaig
The colouring on these captures always reminds me of old-fashioned prints where the image was printed and then hand coloured
patily said: The colouring on these captures always reminds me of old-fashioned prints where the image was printed and then hand coloured
Now that you mention it - me too! :)
IMAGICAT
Miserable weather. Certainly not a very nice afternoon and evening weatherwise at Loch Arkaig; one might say 'a tad wet'!!
Thanks for the pics and posts.
My Mum was a whiz at hand colouring black and white photos.
Kind regards, Ann
Good Morning All
It is not looking as wet at LA
Not much happening at the nests I have looked at so far.
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You missed the Fish...although not big about 5-20 BST @MaryGK
And I think that is possibly Louis doing the incubating duties in that pic above.
Aila returned about 5 or 6 mins after your post.
Sadly Trying I did not catch the fish - correct! LOL..... Also I didn't mention who was incubating :-)
The scene is much the same at LA as it is all most of the nests around the country at the moment
Incubation taking place and not much happening at all.