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/
Given the sadness at Garten, it's nice to see a happy nest!
(c) The Woodland Trust, Loch Arkaig Osprey Project
Scene much the same as Korky's capture above. Aila incubating, facing the other way :-)
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EJ's Memorial Balgavies Loch Ospreys 2023
About 5-10 minutes ago Louis brought in a fish, Aila flew off with it, then Louis oh so carefully placed himself and settled down on the eggs.
Cant fault these two....and in such a nice setting too.
It is indeed Trying, a beautiful part of the country.
A couple of photos I took when I was up there last year, sadly I didn't see the nest though, was looking in the wrong place LOL....
"was looking in the wrong place LOL..."
Probably for a café with gooey cakes! LoL
Birdies LG DU update.
Not many of them around up there Mike :-)
Beautiful MARY Thanks Aila and Louis have chosen wisely She is so still at the moment I thought the picture had frozen
Hoping to get there this year for a look around MaryGK. Know that West Coast part of Scotland, from about Fort William and over west, just never been to that Loch Arkaig area.Two lovely pics MaryGK.
I think it is Louis who is still incubating Patily, he took over a wee while ago :-)