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:
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
That’s good to have both cams again. It would be fantastic if both nests were used this year.
Interesting caller caught on Cam 2 mic - any ID offers?
Glider said:A buzzard’s call I would say Geemeff.
Thank you Glider, I think you’re right. Several people have also suggested this on my YouTube comments, and a buzzard landed on Nest1 a few days ago so we know they’re around.
it’s a lovely sound.
Richard B
Unknown said:It's a Buzzard call, we have dozens down here, including over the house, so it's a common sound here.
Lucky you Richard - where I am we just seem to hear the screech of the invasive green parakeets these days. They’ve really taken over my patch of Epping Forest.
We're off! Season Seven has begun. The Woodland Trust Ospreycam web page is now live for the 2023 season. www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/.../osprey-cam
Unknown said:The nearest place to here for parakeets is a few birds at Studland south beach. I've never seen them elsewhere in harbour
They took a while to get across London to Epping Forest. We saw one or two which the jays, crowss and starlings easily saw off. Then more came.. and more.. and now I hardly see jays, starlings and woodpeckers in my garden any more. Fortunately my big sparrow family are still here and take refuge in my thorn hedge when large noisy groups of parakeets roost in my tree.
I hope they will take a long time to drive out your local birds, Richard. They appear unstoppable, like the grey squirrel.