August is the month when we've seen the Loch Arkaig ospreys depart on their journey south. We've enjoyed watching them this year - the wonderful parenting skills of Aila and Louis, and the antics of their 3 chicks, Captain, Vera and Doddie.
Mary GK did an absolutely wonderful video summarising the 2020 season. Thank you so much Mary! And here is Geemeff's great compilation, thank you!
2020 last dates:
Doddie JJ6 was last seen at the nest on Saturday 15th August 2020
Aila was last seen on Saturday 22nd August 2020
Captain JJ7 was last seen on Sunday 23rd August 2020
Vera JJ8 was last seen on Saturday 5 September.
An unidentified osprey was seen off camera on Sunday 6 September eating a fish. This could well have been Louis, having arrived and found no Vera around to feed.
Doddie JJ6 was videod and photographed fishing for over a fortnight at Avalon Marshes in Somerset
Link to July 2020 thread
Link to Youtube channel
Link to Woodland Trust Loch Arkaig page/webcam feed
WT chat thinks Aila delivered the 13.21 fish. I think it was Louis - no under-wing spots, Ian thinks it was Louis, any other offers?
17.20, another fish from Louis, JJ7 (on the left) gets this one. Ian
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Bit of a bourach. Two brothers each with a fish, one yelling nonetheless. Vera with no fish, yelling. Aila tholing the noise but thinking of Africa
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JJ7 abandons his fish and JJ6 goes to investigate, bringing his small whale with him. Vera, where are you?
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Love it Korky, one I haven’t heard for a while bourach, but use tholing very often
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MaryGK said:but use tholing very often
yes I'm quite thirled to it myself
Ha Ha Korky, we got to keep those old words alive
Thanks Korky - two more for my collection!
Bourach Dialect, chiefly Scottish n. 1. small hill or mound. 2. disorganized heap or mass (as in “Last went and it turned intae a right bourach“) ...
Thole (archaic) Scottish endure (something) without complaint or resistance; tolerate."if there's one thing I can't thole it's a lie"
And now at 10pm just seconds before night cam switches over, the nest is empty except for two big fish! How strange, after all the competition for fish just a few minutes ago.