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/
Think you are right MaryGK. He is slightly lighter coloured than Aila.
You won't be disappointed Trying, lots of single tracked road though when you head towards Loch Arkaig, worth it though as so beautiful and unspoiled, and quiet :-)
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I have already done the roadtrip alongside the Loch MaryGK...in Google maps...to get the lie of the land, and with OS maps try to pin-point where the nest might be. :-D
I think Louis just brought all that moss in so he could use it as a chin rest LOL....
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Louis getting a bit of shut eye now :-)
It looks like the camera has been down since about 09.30 (it is 15.15 at the moment). WT are aware of this. Ian
I've been recording Manton Bay on the ex-Arkaig laptop and am not getting loops there - just freezes, but everyone's getting them cos it's been overloaded due to osplets!
So I'm thinking the problem must be to do with the server that's serving my area ???
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Camera and chat still down.
Birdies LG DU update.
Read on FB Group there is to be an update this morning re the cam. Think because of the remote location it is difficult to diagnose the problem.
Perhaps we need a 'Liz Bracken hot line' on standby!