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/
I loved to read and watch videos through that page on Loch Arkaig, very good background info. :) thanks!
2016: first time in history an Osprey nested in the NL. 2018: 2 active nests! 2019 a storm interferes. 2020: a third active nest in a tree!
Excellently put together, brought back memories. It's lovely to put voices to words.
What a great compilation. Such a lot of work by so many people, thank you.
Thank you so much IAN and TRYING That is absolutely superb. What a difference it makes to your appreciation and the privilage of watching our favourite birds
Louis arrives, closely followed by Aila. So far, Louis's just mantling... oh no, now he's flown around for a mating :)
IMAGICAT
Good Morning All
Thank You Ian and Tryiing for the link to that wonderful film the WT has put together, it truly is an amazing place.
Having gone there last season, but didn't see a hint of a nest anywhere, :-) it was a wonderful drive along the loch, every corner revealed another breathtaking view.
Louis has certainly got the hang of this mating lark now eh!!! :-)
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Louis having a mantle at something?
Birdies LG DU update.
06.45 - First fish brought in by Louis, so far he hasn't relinquished it! Ian
06.55 - He has done his usual & flown with it, Aila calling plaintively.
Aila giving Louis an earful but he's still busy mantling
Cheeky Louis has started to eat the fish Aila not happy with that