Dorcha departs with fish number two leaving Louis guarding the Loch Arkaig Osprey eggs 20 Apr 2025

Thanks to Woodland Trust from whose livestream I took this clip. Check out their live cameras on Nest One & Nest Two supported by players of People's Postcode Lottery at https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/ospreys

In this clip: 18.34.07 Louis arrives with fish number two, a large headless trout, Dorcha seizes it immediately
18.34.21 Dorcha flies off with it leaving Louis on egg duty

2025 season:
Dorcha arrived 14.04.19 Wednesday 2 April
Louis arrived 19.47.44 Wednesday 2 April
Affric & Prince landed on Nest One 11.47.48 & 11.48.02 Tuesday 8 April
Garry LV0 arrived 09.27 58 Wednesday 9 April
First egg! 17.52.55 Wednesday 16 April
Second egg! 12.56.16 Saturday 19 April

2024 season:
Louis arrived 15.18.38 on 28 March
Dorcha arrived 14.21.27 on 30 March
Garry LV0 arrived 09.35.01 on 9 April
First Egg laid 11.13.47 on 14 April
Second egg laid 05.55.52 on 17 April
Dorcha is injured in an Eagle attack 11.08 on 19 April
Third egg laid 02.26.08 on 20 April
First chick hatched 06.16.48 on 22 May
Second chick hatched 22.26.15 on 22 May
Third chick hatched 16.36.10 on 24 May
Sad death of little Chick3 approx 19.02 on 16 June
Louis last seen on 26 June
Louis returns with fish, uninjured but clearly not right, on 29 June
Chicks 1&2 are removed to a translocation programme on 1 July
Chicks ringed with Spanish yellow Darvic rings: C1 - 1JW & C2 - 1JR on 11 July
Sadly 1JR started having seizures and succumbed to a heart condition on 23 July
FLEDGE! Surviving chick 1JW found his wings and flew 3pm on 25 July
Dorcha last seen on Nest One 11.19.43 on 27 July
Louis last seen on Nest Two 13.31.18 on 30 July
Garry LV0 last seen on Nest 13.35.57 on 22 August
Garry LV0 sighted in Senegal 22 - 23 December

Louis is a father of thirteen, six with Aila, seven with Dorcha
2017 Lachlan JH4
2018 Pine Marten stole the eggs
2019 Mallie JJ0, Rannoch JJ2
2020 Doddie JJ6, Vera JJ8, Captain JJ7
2021 Aspen LW3, Alder LW4
2022 Willow LW5, Sarafina LW6
2023 Ludo LY7
2024 males 1JW, 1JR (d) (Spain)

Loch Arkaig Osprey cam highlights:
2024 highlights Nest Two:    • A rollercoaster season in 2024: trium...  
2023 highlights Nest One:    • Lochenders! 2023 season highlights: c...  
2023 highlights Nest Two:    • Family of three in 23: Loch Arkaig Os...  
2022 highlights:    • Nest Two in 22: Loch Arkaig Osprey fa...  
2021 highlights:    • Loch Arkaig Osprey Cam | End of seaso...  
2020 highlights:    • The good, the bad, and the OMG! Loch ...  
2019 highlights:    • Talons and tantrums, feathers and fin...  
2018 highlights:    • Loch Arkaig Osprey Cam | End of seaso...  
2017 highlights:    • Loch Arkaig osprey camera, summer 201...  

Brief history of the nests:
2016 Woodland Trust acquire the Loch Arkaig ancient Caledonian 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, raise two female chicks to fledging: Mallie JJ0 and Rannoch JJ2.
2020 Louis & Aila return, 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, they raise two male chicks to fledging: Aspen LW3 and Alder LW4. This is designated Nest Two, no one takes up residence on Nest One.
2022 Woodland Trust install a nest cam on Nest Two. Louis & Dorcha return, raise two female chicks to fledging: Willow LW5 and Sarafina LW6. Still no residents on Nest One.
2023 Louis & Dorcha return, raise one male chick to fledging: Ludo LY7. No residents on Nest One but male Garry LV0 spent a lot of time flirting with Affric 152 despite her mate Prince still being around.

Woodland Trust nest cams were installed by Wildlife Windows in Arkaig Community Forest, funded by The People's Postcode Lottery and operate on Comms West wifi.

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