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/
Upside down but never mind, no one is perfect!
Kind regards, Ann
One of the WT posters (Jill) has reminded us it was on 9 August 2017 that Lachie took his maiden flight. No such joy for Louis & Aila this year but there is always 2019. Ian
Wrong thread.
IMAGICAT
Report from Liz.
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liz bracken • 19 hours ago
12midday I was just watching an osprey sitting in one of the favourite perches behind the nest, when it flew off and seemed to have a fish in it's talons. It flew up quite high and started displaying, so must be Louis, and then a few minutes later another osprey appeared well below him and flew over above where I was standing. He followed her making that lovely call they do when they're skydancing! They disappeared into the clouds but he could still be heard calling. So it would seem they're both still about................."
Birdies LG DU update.
Thanks MIKE That's lovely to know and sounds someting beutiful that Liz witnessed
Indeed Patily. She saw a Sea Eagle and an Osprey a little earlier too!
Lucky her!
Thanks, Mike, I've just seen your report from Liz.
There haven't been any reported signtings since 02 September, I think we can call the 2018 season at LA well & truly over.
It started promisingly with Louis & Aila looking much more assured than 2017 (even if they did sometimes remind us of their ability to thump each other with sticks) but then we all know what happened. Hopefully next year will be successful, the optimist in me says it will be.
Ian
Hi Ian. Fingers crossed at 'see you next season'!