Loch Arkaig Ospreys season 7
Will Louis and Dorcha return to Nest 2?
Will someone take up residence in Nest 1?
Will any of Aila & Louis' chicks be seen (Doddie JJ6 is a good bet!)
Link to 2022 thread (season 6)
community.rspb.org.uk/.../1394415
2023 season highlights:
Louis returned on Sunday 2nd April at 12.26.54
Dorcha returned on Sunday 9th April 08.09.46
They reunited on Monday 10th April at 12.33.03
First egg laid Friday 21st April at 05.44.19
A Golden Eagle touched down on Saturday 22nd April at 11.50.56
Second egg laid Monday 24th April at 07.03.30
Third egg laid on Thursday 27th April at 07.35.39
Violent Owl strike sends an egg overboard 23rd May at 00.26.46
First chick hatches - and it's Egg3! 31st May at 13.08
Another Owl strike - Bob's unharmed. 6th June at 00.18.16
It's a boy! The chick is ringed LY7 on 9th July around 10am
Fledge! LY7 finds his wings and flies 19th July at 15.05.11
Hello Ludo! The voting results are in and LY7 is named Ludo! 19th July
Dorcha leaves on her travels - last seen on 17th August at 06.30.34
Louis was last seen on 24th August at 15.50.34
Ludo LY7 was last seen* on 25th August at 10.03.28 (*on the nest)
Ludo sighted in France 24th September! Still there 8th October
We wish all of them fair winds and fine fishing, and hope to see the adults safely back in 2024!
Brief history of the nests:
Link to Woodland Trust Osprey page: keeps coming up as blocked! Weird! copy and paste then join up:
https:// www woodlandtrust.org.uk/trees-woods-and-wildlife/osprey-cam/
community.rspb.org.uk/.../loch-arkaig---the-woodland-trust---march-2022-to-end-of-february-2023
Dorcha bringing her one and only fish on 18th August 2022 before departing and not being seen again
Louis incubating the eggs while Aila is seen flying with a fish in the misty distance on 9th May 2020.
All captures in whatever format are copyright Woodland Trust - with many thanks for allowing captures from their nest cam livestreams
Nest One 9th June 16.40 Another rejected mating attempt between Affric and LV0 - perhaps he wanted payment for the earlier fish? She rejected him twice on this occasion - both rather half-hearted attempts.
Nest One 16.53 This was tricky to unpick. Affric was on the nest, another Osprey does a flyby carrying a clump of moss. LV0 arrived mantling and shot off after the other Osprey, I zoomed in to try and make sense of the aerial battle playing out in the distance. I think the unringed Osprey with moss was Prince, but then it seems as if another unringed Osprey carrying a fish joined in. Was this Louis? All very confusing, see what you think.
9th June 18:05:10 Louis delivers fish number five, the final fish of the day.
Nest One 18.50 Affric calls for fish and watches as an Osprey flies in the distance and perches in Stick Tree (zoom)
Nest One 20.35.40 Affric's calls are finally answered, LV0 arrives and she gets a fish from him. She flies off with it while he alarm-calls and mantles, intruder not seen, was it Prince or Louis? Whoever it was didn't appear and LV0 settled down to a few moments worth of nest tidying before departing.
Friday 9th June Nest One
21.20.48 Two unringed Ospreys involved - touchdown, flypast, pursuit - but all at high speed! Even slowed down, it's difficult to see who's who. My guess is Louis on the nest with Prince doing the flyby. (slo-mo, zoom)
Saturday 10th June 04.09.38
Louis delivered an early breakfast, fish number one
05.53.40 A little bird visits Dorcha
Geemeff said:That bob is really feisty!
It's a little horror making Mum dance around like that, bet she felt like giving it a clip round the ear! Lol
2013 photos & vids here
eff37 on Flickr
WendyBartter said:
Geemeff said: That bob is really feisty!
And it's getting worse! Just a phase, I hope - it shoul have been on the receiving end from two bigger siblings but as it turns out, only has mum to practise on.