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/
Sad picture to present this morning - NO eggs
Gutted, just gutted.
Oh dear , oh dear as if this season didn't have enough issues!!!!
Birdies LG DU update.
Terrible news.
Courtesy of YouTube's rewind feature and Trying's times:
Every time it turned to leave it blurred :(
IMAGICAT
Just seen Scylla mention this on DU, and can't believe it!!!!
Oh how cruel nature is.
Feel so sad for Louis and Aila, and all at Loch Arkaig.
Will Aila lay a second clutch?
I think EJ has a long experience with Pine Martins, so reacts very quickly, maybe it was Aila that was doing the dive bombing.
This is turning into one of those down down down roller coaster seasons, when are we going to get some up's.
Edit. I have to say that by liking your post Scylla it was for the effort you put into making it and doing the video not for the content , I think that goes without saying for many of the posts on the DU too.
EJ's Memorial Balgavies Loch Ospreys 2023
Aila looking totally bewildered.
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Poor Aila - heartbreaking. Nature is one of the beautiful things in this world, but it can also be very very cruel.
This is a great opportunity. Get a few false eggs on that nest to get the parents back incubating. Then either incubate those three eggs in an incubator or put them in the nest soon.
Not a lot to lose.
Tiger Signature
Sometimes Tiger your brevity perplexes me!
Are you suggesting the LG eggs are transferred to LA? I'm confused!