I think this will be an interesting season at Loch Arkaig - who is going to take residence is the big question?
For me it doesn't matter who, just as long as the nest is occupied.
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Unringed Osprey on nest 1 10.41
The unringed skinny male who touched down briefly on Nest 1 at 10.41
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This looks different! On now - arrived 11.58.17
12.42 she(?) is still there
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Yes, pretty sure 2nd one is Prince / YP. Was that him at 10.41? Similar head markings but so skinny! Has he had a feed and / or fluffed up his feathers therefore looking rounder?
Here's the unringed male who touched down on Nest 1 at 10.42https://youtu.be/9cQrlpBeHJ8Compare with Prince / YP on 7/4/2021https://youtu.be/r27apoY0iKs?t=42
Geemeff said:
MaryGK said: Phew I think I need lessons again on the ins and outs of the workings of the forum LOL.... On checking my files this was one of the Osprey touch downs on the nest, I wonder where it went???
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This is the handsome young chap first called The Stranger, then Prince, now known as YP the Young Pretender, who seems to have paired up with Blue 152 now known as Affric after her natal area Glen Affric.
They teased us by visiting the nest several time and practising their mating skills, his needed work!, before moving off. Lewis found a dangerously constructed wild nest with infertile eggs about the time YP & Affric started turning up here again. It's thought that was their nest. So, perhaps this pair will take up residence here this year.
I thought it worth bring this post by Gemeff forward, as it gives the background to the Young Pretender, who landed today, and Affric, Blue 152(18)f.
Split-screen: Is this the same Osprey - Prince - visiting nest1? You decide.
Spectacular sunset seen from Nest 2 (time-lapse)