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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

  • 13/09/2023 12:28 in reply to WendyBartter
    WendyBartter said:
    Thank you Geemeff, very relaxing!

    Pleased you like it, Wendy. George has said the livestreams will stay on over winter, I'm looking forward to some snowy scenes in due course. The view from both cams is beautiful but personally, I prefer the sunrise from Nest One and the sunset from Nest Two. Spoilt for choice!

  • 13/09/2023 19:04

    Nest One 08.30 Buzzard visits and does a little nestorising! Zoomed in - s/he's very handsome.

  • 13/09/2023 19:18
    Good to have something to watch during the grim days of waiting for spring!
    Handsome Buzzard, always think they have lovely faces for a BoP!
  • 13/09/2023 21:34

    Nest One gets another visitor! 

    00.57.30 Tawny Owl pays a midnight visit. I zoomed in as it's a quick visit:

  • 15/09/2023 08:54

    Lochenders! 2023 season highlights: captures from Loch Arkaig Ospreys Nest Cam One

  • 17/09/2023 18:05 in reply to Geemeff
    Great video summary Geemeff, thank you. I wonder if Prince was courting another female elsewhere as well? Hopefully we get one breeding couple on nest one next year whoever they are! Blush
  • 18/09/2023 22:32 in reply to Glider
    Glider said:
    Great video summary Geemeff, thank you. I wonder if Prince was courting another female elsewhere as well? Hopefully we get one breeding couple on nest one next year whoever they are!

    I think Prince and Affric were hanging out together somewhere after their nest failed, and he kept her supplied with fish, he wouldn’t have had time for another female. I think anything she got from Garry LV0 was a bonus. But it was very interesting that she appeared to accept Garry’s advances after a while, that clip I used showed her bowing down bracing for his swoop-in landing on her back whereas other times she firmly rebuffed him using her wings.

    The dream would be to have a breeding pair on both nests! Pleased you enjoyed the video, Glider, thank you.

  • 29/09/2023 21:46
    Thank you so much for the wo derful resume. I followed LA diligently intheir first year. It was when Odin had disappeared from LG. Lonesome Louis was seeking a female and aila appeared for her first year. W wonderful nest to follow a new pair. Sadly I've rather deserted it this year with things at home, so it was good to see a round up and to try to understand what's going on.

    Birdie's DU Summaries 2018   https://www.imagicat.com/

  • 30/09/2023 22:00 in reply to SheilaFE
    SheilaFE said:
    Thank you so much for the wo derful resume. I followed LA diligently intheir first year. It was when Odin had disappeared from LG. Lonesome Louis was seeking a female and aila appeared for her first year. W wonderful nest to follow a new pair. Sadly I've rather deserted it this year with things at home, so it was good to see a round up and to try to understand what's going on.

    Glad you enjoyed it, Sheila. It was an interesting year with only one chick on Nest Two following the owl attack and the other egg being infertile. But lovely Ludo and the shenanigans on Nest One were more than enough to keep us entertained. Can't wait to see what transpires next year!