As George Anderson has advised that the Webcam should be switched on mid March I thought we better get a thread opened up in readiness
LINK TO LOCH ARKAIG OSPREYS WEBSITE
Return Dates for Louis last year was 5th April 08.15 and Aila 6th of April 09.24
LINK TO AUGUST 2020 TO MARCH 2021 THREAD
LINK TO JULY 2020 THREAD
LINK TO JUNE 2020 THREAD
LINK TO MAY 2020 THREAD
LINK TO APRIL 2020 THREAD
LINK TO MARCH 2020 THREAD
LINK TO AUGUST 2019 THREAD - where you can get links to the previous MONTHLY threads
LINK TO LOCH ARKAIG OSPREYS 2018
LINK TO LOCH ARKAIG OSPREYS 2017
Some Stats for the nest.
2017 - Louis arrived 10th April - Aila 28th April - One chick hatched JH4 called Lachlan
2018 - Louis and Aila both arrived 6th April - All 3 eggs taken by Pine Martin
2019 - Louis and Aila both arrived 4th April - 3 eggs laid - 1. JJ0 Mallie (Female) 2. Did not Hatch 3. JJ2 Rannoch (Female)
2020 - Arrival dates as above - 3 eggs laid - 1. JJ6 Doddie (Male) 2. JJ8 Vera (Female) 3. JJ7 Captain (Male)
My video summarising the 2020 Season
Geemeff's Compilation video of the 2020 Season
EJ's Memorial Balgavies Loch Ospreys 2023
Thanks for the heads up Geemeff - very exciting - now all we need are the stars of the show.
We have the first 2021 Occupant of the nest - a little Great Tit.
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07hrs-46-12sec Just looked in to catch a fleeting glance of a wee sprightly tit :)
The Woodland Trust Page now has the webcam started as well as You Tube.
Loch Arkaig Osprey Cam: Live Webcam - Woodland Trust
Great Tits are the first visitors to the nest of the 2021 Season.
George Anderson posted on the YouTube link with the temporary chat, and said
10:24 AM
George Anderson
Good morning. We are still setting up all the systems for this year's osprey livestream. This live chat stream will not be on for the season.
10:25 AM
We are not able to give it the 24 hour moderation it requires.
Commenting will be available via the Woodland Trust website in a few days.
Birdie's DU Summaries 2018 https://www.imagicat.com/
MaryGK said:
OMG !!! I put the link to your vid in my downloader by mistake, and now have 300+ copies of it to delete (with great care, because there'll be valid ones scattered among them)
Too many irons in the fire, that's me
IMAGICAT
Oh Scylla sorry to hear that, what a lot of extra editing to add to your usual workload - rather you than me.
Already