LOCH ARKAIG - The Woodland Trust - JULY 2020

A lovely vid of the chicks, Patily! Thank you. And thanks Ian for catching the two fish. They are certainly not going hungry today!

Thanks for the lovely updates to-day folks, they are growing up fast.

From WT George:

Right so the chicks are, in order of hatching:

JJ6 - The calm patient one: Male

JJ8 - The bossy one. Female.

JJ7 - The feisty wee one. Male.

Get naming!

Please note that these are best estimates of the osplets' gender. They were measured slightly earlier than is ideal for this calculation. Lewis is most confident about the female middle chick, and pretty confident about the others. Ultimately, we won't really know for sure until they are observed nesting in years to come.

We like names that reflect the area, culture or history of Loch Arkaig. Gaelic often works but isn't compulsory. Names that reflect the lockdown summer may go over well this year.

Pretty maids all in a row. Well, 1 out of 3.

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17.45, fish. Ian

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Ian S said:

SheilaFE said:

A lovely vid of the chicks, Patily! Thank you. And thanks Ian for catching the two fish. They are certainly not going hungry today!

Three fish (13.56, 14.52 & 16.12). Ian

Hi Ian, six as of 7pm, one is being allocated during the down time:

First fish marked at 5.42, approx the midway point of the downtime.

Livestream down from 03.34.06 - 07.32.30

Fish!

Cathy said:

Fish!

Fish number seven, titchy whole trout 20.07.04

 

Well, as I said, they certainly won't go hungry today. Thank you for the reply, Geemeff, and for the update on see. I will have to give some thoughts to names, and if I do come up with any (Midge, perhaps!) I'll post it on the Woodland Trust FB page.