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LOCH ARKAIG - THE WOODLAND TRUST - March 2023 to February 2024

Geemeff
01/03/2023 20:23

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:

2016 Woodland Trust acquire the Loch Arkaig ancient rainforest remnant and manage it in partnership with Arkaig Community Forest.
2017 A nest cam is installed on a refurbished Osprey nest. A young male Louis and a young female Aila take up residence and raise one male chick to fledging: Lachlan JH4.
2018 Louis & Aila return but a Pine Marten steals all their eggs.
2019 Louis & Aila return and raise two female chicks to fledging: Mallie JJ0 and Rannoch JJ2.
2020 Louis & Aila return and raise two male and one female chicks to fledging: Doddie JJ6; Vera JJ8 and Captain JJ7.
2021 Louis returns but sadly Aila doesn't. Louis takes up residence on a new nest with a new mate Dorcha and they raise two male chicks to fledging: Aspen LW3 and Alder LW4. This is designated Nest 2, no one takes up residence on Nest 1.
2022 Woodland Trust install a nest cam on Nest 2. Louis & Dorcha return and raise two female chicks to fledging: Willow LW5 and Sarafina LW6. Still no residents on Nest 1.
2022 season: Louis and Dorcha returned to Nest Two on 12th April, laid three eggs 24 and 27th April and 1st May.
The first chick hatched on 31st May, the second on Jubilee Day 2nd June and the third on 5th June but sadly passed away on 12th June.
The other two progressed rapidly and were ringed LW5 (eldest ) and LW6 (younger) on 12th July, and both gender assessed as female.
Willow (LW5) fledged 25th July and Sarafina (LW6) 31st July.
Last seen on the nest: Dorcha 18th August, Willow 28th August, Louis 8th September and Sarafina 9th September.

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

  • 22/06/2023 17:39

    Thursday 22nd June 04.14.23 Breakfast arrives - well, sort of - it's a tiddler!

  • 22/06/2023 17:43

    11.21.59 Much more substantial elevenses arrives. Fish number two, whole whopper trout  

  • 22/06/2023 17:54

    Nest One 09.47  Affric arrives, LV0 follows at 09.50, attempts mating, gets rejected 

    14.33  Dropped or gobbled? Affric finally gets a fish from LV0 but returns 8 mins 41 secs later without it.

    14.33.46 Affric departs with her fish

    14.42.27 Affric is back and calling for more

    That's 8 mins 41 secs - did she gobble it or drop it?

  • 23/06/2023 04:13

    Thursday 22nd Fish number three  - Louis turns up with a huge trout but there are alarm calls

    18.36.04 Louis alarm calling in the distance. Dorcha takes note and stops fish calling

    18.36.40 Osprey flies right to left across the cam view

    18.37.07 Fish number three arrives on the nest. Huge, silver, spotted trout

  • 23/06/2023 04:18

    18.38.47 Louis rushes off - cawing heard nearby. Hoodies! Dives downwards off the camera-side of the nest, clatters the nest as he goes. Hoodies sound right nearby, maybe underneath the nest.

    18.41.19 Crashing heard - is Louis chasing them out of the underside of the nest? We were wondering where the Hoodies were - well, now we know.

    18.41.28 Louis returns to the nest

    18.42.16 Flies off again in a big hurry, sounds of battle

    Dorcha takes note, gives a couple of calls, looks around but carries on eating again

  • 23/06/2023 04:22

    19.15.32 Louis takes the remains of fish number three and departs to eat off-nest

    19.51.27 Louis returns with the now-smaller remains of the fish, he and Dorcha are on alert

    19.52.13 Just the merest flash of a dark wingtip at the extreme right hand edge of camera view, Louis watches.

  • 23/06/2023 04:25
    Daily summary Thursday 22nd June 2023

    Mainly quiet today, started with an early morning breakfast from Louis which, although whole, was on the decidedly small side but he made up for it later with a nice big fish for elevenses. Affric and LV0 were on and off Nest One, no sign of Prince. LV0 only brought one fish for Affric who flew off with it but returned 8 mins 41 secs later without it - did she gobble it, or drop it? Either way, it didn't help his chances and he was rejected again, but perhaps he's storing up credit for next season. Louis delivered a third fish, taking the tally to 191, but it came with a little drama - Hoodies were about, not seen on camera except for one flash of wingtip, but very nearby causing Louis to crash off the nest in pursuit. He got rid of them and returned but they must still have been around as he left in a hurry again, and it was some time before he got his share of that big third fish.

    22.13.20 Louis paid a last visit, pottered about, moved a couple of sticks
    22.17.30 Louis departs

    No interruption of service to the Woodland Trust comments page today as the planned upgrade has been postponed til next week. Watch out for George's next update messages.
  • 23/06/2023 04:25
    Daily summary Thursday 22nd June 2023

    Mainly quiet today, started with an early morning breakfast from Louis which, although whole, was on the decidedly small side but he made up for it later with a nice big fish for elevenses. Affric and LV0 were on and off Nest One, no sign of Prince. LV0 only brought one fish for Affric who flew off with it but returned 8 mins 41 secs later without it - did she gobble it, or drop it? Either way, it didn't help his chances and he was rejected again, but perhaps he's storing up credit for next season. Louis delivered a third fish, taking the tally to 191, but it came with a little drama - Hoodies were about, not seen on camera except for one flash of wingtip, but very nearby causing Louis to crash off the nest in pursuit. He got rid of them and returned but they must still have been around as he left in a hurry again, and it was some time before he got his share of that big third fish.

    22.13.20 Louis paid a last visit, pottered about, moved a couple of sticks
    22.17.30 Louis departs

    No interruption of service to the Woodland Trust comments page today as the planned upgrade has been postponed til next week. Watch out for George's next update messages.
  • 23/06/2023 09:38 in reply to Geemeff

    Great observations Geemeff -  thanks so much 

  • 23/06/2023 14:46
    Another learning curve on here, had to google 'silver tourist' as had never come across that fish name before!

     

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