LOCH ARKAIG (c)The Woodland Trust - MAY 2019

Ha ha. As if, scylla. It doesn’t come up with any perceptive insights or wit like you!

Thanks for all the news Scylla and lovely pics

I didn't know about the 12 hour roll back ! Thank you

Scylla, I think it might be all YT scroll backs that are now 12 hours, but you will never be surplus to requirements :) Ian

There was a headless, smallish fish at 08.15 approx. Ian

12.51. headless and again smallish fish. Ian

17.28, another headless, but better sized, fish. Ian

Ooh, thanks for all the fish reports, IAN! A while ago I was hearing a lot of Aila calling, probably that final fish was on the way. I'll get some snaps.

The 08:15 FISH - difficult to see:

She took her time over it!

Nodding off constantly:

Louis's stick isn't bad by his standards:

That was a surprise - Aila flew!

I wonder if Aila relaxes on a branch and has a good doze, knowing Louis is protecting the eggs?

When she returned she put a little clump on Louis's back to get him up:

Suddenly she was off into the distance, alarm calling:

And back:

Huh!  Louis landed on Aila's back with this big stick - Aila shrugged it off after he'd left:

Partial FISH, as reported:

Aila shifted sticks and smothered Louis, trying to get him up:

Another stick per Louis, carefully selected to go round a corner ;)

And Aila was off again!

Next changeover, the wind took Louis upwards:

This was when I heard her fish-calling:

He had a very good share before sharing!

His breast feathers look so soft and fluffy :-*

*EEEEK* - Aila got in a state with a stick and the eggs got trampled:

It went rather dark but soon brightened up again:

That's as far as I'm going :)

Yesterday evening 21-21:30 Louis brought in a couple of sticks and gave Aila a short break.

I think she was watching him fly around/away:

Uneventful until this mini-alarm, she then turned the eggs:

Long buffer around this time, during which her position significantly changed so anything might have happened :(

Off she flew and in flew Louis, they actually overlapped in the sky but distantly:

Back, changeover:

Good stick!

Which he dropped onto Aila's back.

He then proceeded to tidy a different stick on the left, and reversed into Aila accidentally on purpose:

That didn't shift her so he flew:

A 1m30s flyabout:

Awaiting breakfish still:

Louis just arrived but not with fish... he waited a while (were they looking at someone?) and has flown.

That's it so far, unless I've missed something.