LOCH ARKAIG - The Woodland Trust - May 2020

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Thank you again for taking the time to do it

Thank you for taking the time and trouble to let us know we're useful, MaryC :)

I'm just sauntering thru the day, here was Aila with the "powdered snow" look during an undisturbed night - but needless to say she didn't allow herself much sleep:

Couldn't resist a portrait in the pre-breakfish misty light:

10:17, this should have been a fish!

12:32 a sturdy stick from Aila:

14:11 - good whole fish but not very photogenic:

Aila's clump:

18:37 - I'm glad that Louis had eaten quite a bit of this fish, as he looked quite thin and certainly empty-cropped earlier:

After 21:30 Louis brought 2 sticks, neither risible ;) in quick succession and did some housework, very sweet - then he flew off out to the left:

Aila is so far dry tonight.

Good Morning All

Thanks for the catch up Scylla - beautiful misty portrait ….  

I have scrolled back over 3 hours, and can see no fish delivery as yet. 

This is this mornings catch up. 

Aila incubating blissfully

Louis arrives with a cot side (a big one)

Aila flies off and Louis begins to place it to where he thinks it should be

Aila arrives back with a mini cot side

Louis flies off and Aila goes to almost settle down on the eggs, when she sees the new addition, gets up and places it where she thinks it should go

Quite proud of herself she is

She then nods off now and again

She is awaiting breakfast, hopefully she won't have to wait too long. 

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Morning all, no major activity to report so far this morning. Aila briefly left the eggs at 05.16 but was back within a minute. Louis brought in a less than brilliant stick at 05.25 and had a wee lie down on the eggs. Aila had a bit of a tidying up session at 05.54 to 05.56 approx, I think Louis' stick has joined the (what must be huge) pile of sticks on the ground below the nest. Ian

Wee shoogle of the eggs by Aila, then as Ian says, Louis arrives, no bacon, but takes over.

(c) WT Loch Arkaig

11.59, decent sized headless fish, Aila takes it in accordance with procedure! Ian