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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

  • 29/08/2023 00:56

    A pair of little birds visit Nest One 19.13

  • 29/08/2023 00:56
    Daily summary 28th August 2023

    Just a few of the usual smaller visitors today - Dyson and a pair of little passerines. The family are long gone so no chance of any pickings until next year, unless they want to clean up some of the buglife. Forum chatters are departing in droves, but it's hoped everyone will return to check out the season highlights video which will be up soon, and return next year when the family arrive back from their winter quarters and the fun starts all over again. Fingers crossed for residents on both nests next year!
  • 29/08/2023 15:47 in reply to Geemeff

    Looking forward to that one Geemeff!

     

     2013 photos & vids here

    eff37 on Flickr

  • 29/08/2023 23:37
    Daily summary Tuesday 29th August 2023

    No action on the nests of course, apart from some Hoodie activity and a few little birds flitting about. Super Statto Steve has been busy and produced the final season stats - the fish tally never did make it to 400, but all credit to hard-working Louis for his 395 deliveries. Let's not forget Dorcha with her magnificent one to equal last year's record - who knows, she might double that next year!

    Link to Steve's stats: **LINK BOCKED**woodlandtrust.org.uk/.../
  • 31/08/2023 00:41

    Daily summary Wednesday 30th August 2023

    No action but plenty of old friends dropping in, if only to say farewell to the season. A melancholy but special time, as we think back on the year and the triumph of Louis and Dorcha raising another chick to fledge and set off adventuring.

    Today’s videos:

    None, but to catch you up on past seasons, here are the Woodland Trust season's highlights videos:

    2017

    2018

    2019

    2020

    2021

    2022

  • 31/08/2023 00:43

    Compare and contrast our two resident females:

    Golden goddess: Aila (Classic Ospreys - Chopin, 2017-2020)

    Golden variation: Dorcha (Classic Ospreys - Bach, 2022)

  • 31/08/2023 10:22

    This morning's visitor - Sparrowhawk? Zoomed in

    06:35 03 A hawk that dives past the nest

    06.36.47 A sparrowhawk? flew onto the top perch

    06.40.11 Departs

  • 31/08/2023 21:24

    14.31 A small raptor flies from left to right across the nest. Just took seconds in real time so I slowed down and zoomed.

  • 01/09/2023 23:46
    Daily summary Thursday 31st August 2023

    An exciting visitor stopped in to perch for a couple of minutes today, the arrival of a handsome Sparrowhawk caused Dyson and Henry Hoodie to flee the nest. The same or another small raptor returned later for a fast flyover of the nest, just a flash in real time that didn't go unnoticed by the keen-eyed watchers. Having a single male chick this year meant that the family departed early and September will bring no Osprey action this season, but there's plenty of footage in Woodland Trust's archives.
  • 01/09/2023 23:47

    Woodpecker does a bit of head-banging on Nest One 12.39