LOCH ARKAIG - THE WOODLAND TRUST - MARCH 2022 TO END OF FEBRUARY 2023

Ending the 2022 season with last looks, last sighting on the nest:

Dorcha 18th August

Willow 28th August

Louis 8th September

Sarafina 9th September

17th September: Activity on the nest! A female Tawny Owl visits the nest just after midnight at 00.17.39  The low rumbling in the background at 00.18 is a stag calling - signals the start of the rutting season.

20th September 2022

Good morning! What a season it's been, here's my season summary of the main events at Loch Arkaig in 2022. Took hours of editing to condense my hundreds of videos into 36 minutes, hope you enjoy it.

Synopsis:

Louis and Dorcha returned to Nest Two on 11th April, three eggs were laid on 24th and 27th April, and 1st May. The first chick hatched on 31st May and the second on Jubilee Day 2nd June. The third chick hatched on 5th June but sadly died on 12th June. With Louis providing well for his family by bringing a total of 545 fish to the nest, the older two progressed rapidly and were ringed LW5 (eldest) and LW6 (younger) on 12th July, and gender assessed as both being female. They were named Willow (LW5) and Sarafina (LW6), and fledged on 25th and 31st July respectively.

Final sightings on the nest:
On her last day, 18th August, Dorcha brought her one and only fish to the nest. Willow was last seen on 28th August, Louis on 8th September and Sarafina on 9th September. We wish all of them well and look forward to the return of Louis & Dorcha in 2023.

Louis is a father of ten, six with Aila (2017-2020), and four with Dorcha.
In hatch order:
2017 Lachlan (JH4)
2019 Mallie (JJ0), Rannoch (JJ2)
2020 Doddie (JJ6), Vera (JJ8), Captain (JJ7)
2021 Aspen (LW3), Alder (LW4)
2022 Willow (LW5), Sarafina (LW6)

Geemeff said:

here's my season summary of the main events at Loch Arkaig in 2022. Took hours of editing

Amazing and admirable, Geemeff, I've downloaded it so's to more easily get snaps for my Arkaig 2022 folder, which is, ahem, not bulging!

Louis's homecoming landing - what a heartwarming sight, he looks ready for anything

Thanks, everyone, especially Geemeff, for everything, and see you all next year. Fingers crossed that we see both adults again next year, too.

I really enjoyed that GEEMEFT tHANK YOU

Does anybody remember where we received news of Glen Kirk and Yweed?

Sorry, no Patily

What do you mean Patily?
I get the news from Conservation without Borders channel on twitter (twitter.com/C_no_borders) and facebook (www.facebook.com/conservation.without.borders)

Bart molenaar said:

Conservation without Borders channel on twitter (twitter.com/C_no_borders)

That link for Conservation without Borders' Twitter a/c seems to be broken, will THIS ONE work?

EDIT - tested, yes it works.  I often find that Twitter links get borked :-/