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/
Thank You Mike LOL.... I did enjoy his antics with that branch, it is so funny. I bet LB has done a video for their FB group, I must have a look to see.
EJ's Memorial Balgavies Loch Ospreys 2023
Absolutely hilarious :-)
My 'twopennith' of pics.....Incoming.......
Touchdown.......
Are you impressed....
Moving party......
Great stuff Trying.
Birdies LG DU update.
Two Jays on the nest... :-)
Trying said:Two Jays on the nest... :-)
That's a fine mess you got me into, Trying >:(
I saw your msg elsewhere so dashed to get out the netbook, boot up, set up for WT, find live stream on YT, rewind, just managed to get to the empty nest before Louis Landed... but accidentally switched it back to Live, Jay on the nest, stopped to get snaps, snapper not working cos I forgot the hotkeys for netbook...
Cut a long story shorter, by the time I got back to Louis he had already landed with tree :'(
And now I come here and you and MIKE have done fab snaps. I am redundant once again.
This is just to prove I'm telling the truth - the Jays are on the end, virtual snaps rather than movie ;)
IMAGICAT
Love it Scylla..... and now you know why my nickname here is Trying :-p
...and this is why Scylla's is MC.!
Ha, ha, Scylla, Trying and Mike!
Kind regards, Ann
15-00-ish, Aila pays the nest a visit....doing much vivid banter calling to who I think must have been someone Aila recognised. No sign of anyone else though. Then she flew a couple of mins later.
Thunderstorms on Saturday (9 June) seem to have knocked the camera out. It won't be re-booted until Monday. Ian