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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

  • 21/08/2023 17:12

    Aerial manoeuvres before Ludo arrives to take F1 from Louis:

    09.53.45 Ludo's heard shouting then two Ospreys fly across the cam view in different directions before Ludo swings round and heads in to the nest, followed by Louis

    09.54.12 Ludo lands on the nest

    09.54.13 Louis lands with the fish

    09.54.24 Louis departs leaving Ludo screaming happily over his fish

  • 21/08/2023 17:17

     

    10.18 Ludo's on the nest with the first fish which Louis returned a short while previously, a mackerel.

    It doesn't look like a mackerel now, it's very dark and now and somewhat stiff and misshapen, the pretty blue stripes not visible.

    10.20.19 Ludo departs with the fish

  • 21/08/2023 21:00

    20.45 Monday 21st August

    Name ------------------- First seen ------------------------ Last seen

    Louis ---------- Sunday 2 April 12.26.54 ------- Monday 21 August 09.54.24

    Dorcha ------- Sunday 9 April 08.09.46 ------- Thursday 17 August 06.30.34

    Garry LV0 --- Tuesday 25 April 08.29.33 ---- Sunday 20 August 08.53.08

    Affric 152 ---- Monday 29 May 14.12.16 ----- Sunday 13 August 12.10.51

    Prince -------- Monday 29 May 14.13.00 ----- Friday 21 July 11.10.16 (possibly 10/8,18/8,20/8)

    Ludo LY7 ---- Wednesday 31 May 13.08 ---- Monday 21 August 19.41.24

  • 21/08/2023 23:26 in reply to Geemeff

    You’re very good with your “charts” Geemeff, thanks. Nice and easy to read the stats. Blush

  • 22/08/2023 09:05 in reply to Glider
    Glider said:

    You’re very good with your “charts” Geemeff, thanks. Nice and easy to read the stats. 

    Thank you Glider,

    it was getting too complicated to try and remember at this time of departures so I thought I’d keep a table and update it.

  • 22/08/2023 09:09

    Monday 21st August

    19.34.27 Ludo flies off his perch and away, circles round and returns


    19.34.52 Lands calling, pecks around for scraps, doesn't find anything


    19.41.24 Departs

  • 22/08/2023 09:10
    Daily summary Monday 21st August 2023

    Yesterday's unwanted flatfish was waiting untouched for Ludo when he arrived this morning and he had it for breakfast - the Hoodies missed a trick! Ludo also missed a trick by not showing up when Louis brought a nice fresh mackerel a bit later, but was lucky enough that his dedicated dad brought the fish back again and this time made a successful handover of the by now slightly less fresh fish. The Hoodies however had to content themselves with a few meagre scraps when they did eventually appear. Ludo turned up promptly this evening and waited but this time Louis didn't oblige, and Ludo had to leave without a fish supper.

    Louis' single delivery takes the fish tally to 387, it's looking unlikely it will reach 400 this year.
  • 23/08/2023 00:12

    Tuesday 22nd August

    Blast from the past - on this day in 2020 we saw our lovely Aila for the last time. Of course, we didn't know it then..

  • 23/08/2023 00:13

    Pretty little passerines visit Nest One 09.00

  • 23/08/2023 00:14

    Fish number one, headless trout 11.57.03

    11.54 Ludo's on the nest with sounds of cawing heard. Ludo gives warning calls which change to fish calls

    11.57.03 Louis lands with fish number one, a headless trout. Ludo grabs it from him, gets his leg momentarily

    11.57.08 Louis departs. Ludo mantles over his fish but can't settle to eat it, aware of Hoodies nearby