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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

  • 06/08/2023 19:21

    Nest One  09.19.41 Garry LV0 arrives with moss

    09.20.43 A little bird pops up on the lower right of the nest. It starts to move up and suddenly flies off, perhaps realising a huge bird is already there. I zoomed in on the little visitor.

    09.29.25 Garry departs

  • 06/08/2023 19:39

    Nest One 09.48.28 Shortly after Garry LV0 departs, Affric 152 arrives and starts calling. She calls sporadically for four hours with no luck

    13.45.16 Affric departs

  • 06/08/2023 19:57

    Fish number five, headless trout 13.17.54. Louis stands there for quite a while but no one comes. Too full! So he takes it away again.

  • 06/08/2023 20:01

    Nest One 13.59 Ironically Garry brings fish shortly after Affric leaves! She only left at 13.45 having waited for FOUR hours in vain!!!

  • 06/08/2023 20:30

    Nest One 15.58 Garry brings another fish to the nest, or is it the first one back again? Either way, Affric's not here to get it.

    Edit It's a second fish.

  • 07/08/2023 00:26

    Louis saves his fish from a marauding 

    16.50 Louis saves his fish from a marauding Hoodie

    16.50.16 Hoodie hops onto the nest and makes off with a large scrap of fish. It ignores the much bigger half fish - for now

    16.51.15 An Osprey flies overhead on the right and the Hoodie scurries off

    16.51.29 Louis lands on the perch. The Hoodie appears and goes for the half-fish and starts nibbling, Louis watches from the perch for a couple of minutes until it tries to drag the fish off the nest then flies down making it leave immediately, and claims the fish

    16.53.10 Louis departs with the fish

    16.53.16 Hoodie returns too late for the big prize but has a good poke around anyway

  • 07/08/2023 00:27

    Ludo LY7 gets some leftover fish from dad 18.16

  • 07/08/2023 00:56
    Daily summary Sunday 6th August 2023
    Plenty of fish on both nests but Affric loses out! Garry finally brought fish to Nest One, on two separate occasions, but managed to miss Affric both times despite her four hour waiting and calling marathon. Off-nest reports from LizB suggest he is aware of her fish calling and on one observed occasion today, appeared to withhold fish deliberately. Prince hasn't been seen for weeks now, but Affric doesn't look undernourished - the puzzle continues. No withholding of fish on Nest Two, in fact Louis brought so many fish today he had difficulty giving it away, to his family, that is - the Hoodies had a good go but didn't succeed in stealing any. His five deliveries take the tally to 343, including Dorcha's single contribution.
  • 08/08/2023 00:29

    Fish number one, whole trout 06.41.32