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/
Nice one Scylla....notice how the trees have greened up in last few days?
Trying said:notice how the trees have greened up in last few days?
I hope it's not just my brightening process :o ;)
As promised, am going thru the downloads that slipped thru.
Another very fine fish for Aila yesterday. A bit overcooked tho, sorry.
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04-29 Aila pays the nest a visit...calling out before flying off again
I assume this is Aila as she? is screaming for food.
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Birdies LG DU update.
Louis paid a visit to the nest, not sure if he flew in with that stick that is in the middle of the nest or not.
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She surely did Mary :-)Edit: 06-51: Correction... He surely did Mary :-D
Oh was it Aila then Trying.... is that what you are "Trying" to say..... whoever it was didn't stay long, and I find going back to check a bit fiddly.
Edit: What I meant to say is that it was me who didn't stay long, as only caught the tail end of him placing the branch and then he flew off LOL...
Having gone back to check, he did make a meal out of trying to place it.
Mmmm.....maybe I was too quick with the He/She bit.....am trying to grab a vid grab as I type here :-D
Out of interest I did go back and it still looks like Louis to me..... :-) however whoever it was sure made me laugh trying to place that tree on the nest.
Adding this other screenshot from when the branch arrived. Crop looks very empty
That is Louis for sure!