LOCH ARKAIG (c)The Woodland Trust - MAY 2019

Louis just arrived with a long stick Saw him fly in from the distance Lovely

Now standing on one leg by Aila

C WT Arkaig

He has just flown

Very generous, IAN, "headless" ;)

Louis had a nibble while Aila had her flyabout:

Aila back, there was quite a bit of faffing before Louis left:

Quiet up to now, but more rain :(

Then streaks slowly appeared across her back - totally inconsequential :-/

Up for a flyabout:

Back with drier feathers :)

That was a very peaceful night - but of course Aila did dare sleep.

Preening time:

It was lovely to see Louis incubating when I logged on this morning - "Oh great, Aila's had breakfish", I thought.

I was so thrilled I took a snap of the dear boy there 'n then:

Now I've come to the lead-up:

Aila back from her break, Louis flew:

Then a busy spell for Louis, bringing in nest materials and standing looking gorgeous:

A long, thin stick you can hardly see:

Attempting to move an immovable object:

Tiny clumps:

Nearly looking like a kestrel:

Let's hope he flew in the direction of FISH >:(

Up to 07:33.

Good morning, MARY and PATILY - no-one was here when I opened up RF to start on the catchup :)

No dupes? Miracle! ;-)

Louis with another clump, I think - but I only caught him almost landed.

Great captures thank you, all that rain has enriched the woodland colours, still I would like it to stop raining there and here and everywhere, as it feels more

like winter than summer in Scotland!! 

I just returned to the room to see Louis without a fish again.

Continuing from 07:33

(NB - I didn't know how many ins 'n outs there would be when I started out on this :o  )

What a stick from Louis this time!

Aila left, Louis took over:

Aila returned with something very tiny in her left foot, but I'm only showing this view for a change ;)

Louis wouldn't get up, but he did when Aila picked up this stick:

Next from Louis, a small clump of bracken:

He created a disturbance moving this big stick but had to leave:

Up next, a twig so thin we could hardly see it, and Louis managed to get Aila up and away by standing beside her ;)

The last frame before the blur:

Louis flew off @ 10:11 and Aila flew in @ 10:12.

Another stick:

Something caused Aila to fly off alarm calling - she flew distantly out of the top of our screen:

Back:

She occupied herself with adjusting the nest material either side:

And chewing bark (no fish yet, after all!):

And spotting threats:

And chasing unseen intruders - this time she squealed in the sky (but may have screamed with a better mike):

Soon back:

Louis arrived with a large stick:

Which he plonked onto Aila's back and he whispered in her ear:

Stood around a bit (lots of Louis snaps today :) ):

He left the stick across Aila's back but she didn't seem to notice:

Another stick !!!  (It's longer than it looks here, I don't know why our sticks fade away):

Created as much disturbance as poss with this one:

Had to leave:

Do you think Aila looks indignant yet?

She had a micro-flex and settled back down:

A stretch and quick flyabout:

Well, here she is, watching and waiting:

Nearly half-past two in the afternoon and Aila's had no breakfish !!!

I'm not so good at doing scroll back because of my poor fingers but scrolled a long way back and whilst there were more furnishings for the nest I couln't see any evidence of fish What is Louis playing at? He was doing so well Fingers crossed for a good supper for poor Aila

He bought in a good size fish not long after you posted Patily. She will eat well tonight