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
Richard B
Morning all! A third fish was delivered last night, no nocturnal visitors, and Vera's been on the nest this morning.
JJ8 has visited this morning, flew to the pole tree, then left
No surprises that she was shouting for breakfish
Sitting on the Pole tree which she left @ 06.59
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EJ's Memorial Balgavies Loch Ospreys 2023
08.15, JJ8 is on the nest and shouting. Ian
EDIT - 08.16, she has flown off.
Birdie's DU Summaries 2018 https://www.imagicat.com/
14.46.08, the camera has gone down. Ian
15.02 Nest cam still down. Liz B posted this at 13.40 Just spent the last 10 minutes or so watching JJ8 chasing ravens showing off her aerobatics, and them chasing her. Started with two ravens then around half a dozen more joined in. You can just hear them on the livestream if you turn up the sound. She's finally settled in a tree near to where I filmed her eating her mackerel the other day.