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/
well I didn’t just ‘Like’ it, I LOVED it, wrong thread ‘n all
Fascinating. Sorry I missed it!
Kind regards, Ann
Aila quietly incubating.
Birdies LG DU update.
I was going to say the same but then she began shouting for breakfast
Looking on Scroll back it seems Louis brought in half a fish around 5am. Aila flew off and he is on the nest.
Good Morning All
Aila is back and Loius is not for moving, are we going to get the roll him off the eggs move from Aila LOL
He still hasn't moved, I wonder what will happen now :-)
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She gave him a good trample and a tip but no go so she flew off!
I just wound back to see what happened Mike.
Despite almost batting him on the head with her tail, Louis did not move and still he incubates LOL...
Louis still incubating
Can't see who it is now as they have their back to us
I think you'll find it is still Louis Patily.