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
09.30, fish. JJ8 stands over it for ages, eats some and flies with it at 09.47. Ian
Nice whole mackerel 09.30.45, but she doesn't start eating, was sky-scanning. Eventually started eating at 09.43 then flew off at 09.47
Birdie's DU Summaries 2018 https://www.imagicat.com/
13.01, flat fish delivery. Louis leaves it lying on the nest and it does a back flip! It takes JJ8 until 13.03 to grab it and she flies with it at 13.04. Ian
JJ8 home again and she took over her next fish, brave DaD Louis he is
15.02, third fish of the day and it is a biggie, big enough that she can use it as a perch (15.05/15.06). 15.07, she flies with it, it didn't look like she had a good hold of it, I do hope she didn't drop it. Ian
patily said:I wonder what suddenly sparks them to go.....Doddie so early and Vera quite late?
I don't imagine we will ever know the answer to that. Ian