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/
Thanks for info Ian
Thanks Ian.
Liz B reports that both birds were seen, one feeding, yesterday evening.
A storm knocked out her internet for a while so no doubt the cause of the camera going down.
Birdies LG DU update.
Thanks, Ian and Mike. Good to hear both birds are still around. Fingers crossed for them for next year.
Kind regards, Ann
Update from Liz some 7 hours ago on Facebook 'Friends of Loch Arkaig Ospreys'
Update from Loch Arkaig - the webcam reboot didn't work . Something more technical is required apparently so we need to be patient.
No sign of our pair so far today.
Thank you Trying...and Liz
Trying said: No sign of our pair so far today.
Liz provided an update on the WT chat page at 21.04 on Tuesday which was "Aila and Louis are sitting in the same tree just now - one upstairs and one downstairs. The lower of the two is tucking into a fish. It's a beautiful evening and they're both lit up in the evening sun."
Ian
That sounds like an enchanting scene IAN
Camera feed update: from WT George Anderson some 9 hours ago on the Woodland Trust LIVE: Loch Arkaig Osprey Cam page HERE
***************Morning all. I am afraid it looks like the camera will be dark for a few days yet. We have exhausted all the reboot tricks at our disposal and the situation now needs the attention of someone from Locheilnet. Unfortunately quite a few of their folks are away at the moment. The situation is compounded by the fact that Storm Hector has hit the area which not only makes it difficult to visit our site, but is likely to create various other connectivity problems around the district. So there might be a lot of demand for the clued up folks who can fix things.
Web provision is a huge challenge in this area and only exists at all thanks to the hard work of volunteers. Have a look at the Behind the Scenes link above for more information.
I am sure most will agree our camera isn't a priority at a time like this and we will just have to be patient. It looks very unlikely we will be back onstream this weekend.***************
Guess we will just have to be patient a wee bit longer.