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/
patily said: I hope nobody arrives today
I hope nobody arrives today
Maybe it would be OK, Patily - see how it's warmed up :)
IMAGICAT
Two ospreys seen on the nest earlier today
https://twitter.com/WoodlandTrust/status/982218954964746240
Yay! Thank you Alison
Good news.
Birdies LG DU update.
Going back over the recording, I this one landed at about 10.30. Is it also a female? Is it the same female!
Then about ten minutes later another female landed with a fish, and clearly was not alone. Someone else was around
This is a 2017 captures of Aila ??? Hmmm! The fourth of my pics above is VERY similar
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Hi Sheila, We are all thinking it looks very like Aila and your pics from last year look very like today's fourth pic here! She's been seen three times on the nest today so far.
I'll go with you two ladies!
Looks like Aila to me. Ian
Back on the nest
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