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/
First fish of the day was at about 07.25. Ian
Nice fish too @ Ian, but it did look like Louis had eaten a bit more than just the head, before bringing it to Aila.
Trying said:Nice fish too @ Ian, but it did look like Louis had eaten a bit more than just the head, before bringing it to Aila.
Aila incubating after shoving Louis off the eggs. She arrived about 0535 carrying a small piece of bark. He did not want to move despite being trampled on. Eventually she virtually rolled him off sideways!
I just hope Scylla has it captured. Hilarious.
Birdies LG DU update.
Mike I scrolled back to have a look, that was so funny, it was hard work for Aila, Louis did not want to move from incubating.
Talk about a comedy sketch..... they are such a lovely pair to watch, love the antics of them.
Aila arrives
Stands on Louis hoping he will get up :-)
Then takes ages trying to encourage him off the eggs.
Then the roll off :-)
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Thank you Mary. Great sequence! Hilarious.
Well done MARY and thanks If Maya and 33 are the ultimate loving couple these are the ultimate double act LOL
Well after last season they certainly taught us a thing or two about Ospreys Patily.
Now they are so funny and enjoyable to watch.
I am sure Scylla will do a video of it, I would have done but it lasted quite a long time, and for some reason my videos if any more than a couple of minutes take forever to upload to Youtube, so went with the captures instead.
If anyone doubts that my cam is unreliable - this is now! (Well it was "now", when I first hit Post !!!)
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Mike B said: Aila incubating after shoving Louis off the eggs. She arrived about 0535 carrying a small piece of bark. He did not want to move despite being trampled on. Eventually she virtually rolled him off sideways! I just hope Scylla has it captured. Hilarious.
I do not have it, chaps. I've got the timeline but not the action, despite scouring hours afterwards hoping the loop would turn up.
I can't imagine why this is happening to me, but I've rebooted the laptop (that's the one that went to the mender's).