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/
Yes she posted on FB last night what the scene was, it is excellent that she is there to give an on the spot report. :-)
EJ's Memorial Balgavies Loch Ospreys 2023
That was a shock, to find no camera!
Camera still down. Liz has however posted on Facebook that Louis was there with a fish, there was also an intruder, once the intruder had gone Louis handed over the fish to Aila.
Birdies LG DU update.
WT camera update from about an hour ago
"We will need to manually reboot the camera (we've done as much as we can remotely) so someone needs to go on site and reboot the camera from the control box (turn it off and on again!). This is scheduled for later today. Once this has been done, we can hopefully resume the live feed"
Ian
PS - WT chat page is still functioning.
Thanks for the update : Ian S
Camera still down.
Camera Update:- Weather yesterday prevented anyone from venturing up the hill to try a reboot but they are hoping to have a try later today.
Thanks MIKE Hope so
Update from Liz B.
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12.15 Changeover at the nest so I'm assuming Louis has just presented Aila with a headless fish which she's taken up to the tree. Louis appears to be doing some nest renovations - lots of flapping, presumably as he stumbles about with a branch! Hope the eggs are okay. And has now settled down on the nest."
Camera is back on now.
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