LOCH ARKAIG - The Woodland Trust - April 2020

12.53, mating followed by a stick from Louis at 12.55. Ian

14.11, Louis brings in a completely impractical stick, fortunately he lets it go and it immediately falls of the nest :) 14.19, failed mating attempt. Ian

15.44, whole fish delivered which Aila takes straightaway. She flies off immediately. I wonder how much of this one she will eat before bringing it back for Louis. Ian

That was a decent sized fish Louis brought in for Aila Ian. 

She didn't hesitate in flying away with it

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EDIT: Thanks Ian for keeping your eye on L&A hopefully when she lays an egg you will be watching

16.00, Louis is on the nest and Aila returns. He looks for leftover fish in her talons but there appears to be none. I hope she ate it all and didn't drop it. Louis decides at 16.03 if he can't have fish he would be as well to try the next best thing (that's mating, not beer or chocolate!!). Aila however is having none of it, she tries to tip him off. Eventually he gets the message and flies. Ian

17.45, Aila has been fish calling and sure enough Louis brings in a headless one. Aila takes it and flies straightaway. Ian

 Terrible buffering today (not only on Arkaig) and the later afternoon's been awful.

Ian S said:

14.11, Louis brings in a completely impractical stick, fortunately he lets it go and it immediately falls of the nest

Phew!

Better seen in the movie:

Last sighting of Aila:

A Hooded Crow visited afterwards:

Thanks for update and vid, Scylla. Very windy today by the looks of it.

Aila gently calling for breakfast in between moving that long curved stick on the right and yidying the bedding