Brave crew prepare Loch Arkaig Osprey Nest One 8 Mar 2022

Thanks to Woodland Trust from whose livestream I took this clip. Check out their live camera supported by players of People's Postcode Lottery at https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/ospreys and on youtube:    • Loch Arkaig Osprey camera 1  

This clip shows an intrepid crew preparing the nest ready for the much-anticipated arrival of our Osprey friends. Bear in mind that the nest is at least 25 metres off the ground! These are very brave people! The nest is located in an ancient Scots Pine tree, also known as a Granny Pine. The nest is checked for stability, general debris removed and the camera given a clean. Lastly the old perch is removed and a new one placed in the centre at the front of the nest. Action happens starting at 14.38 in more or less real time, I speed up 30x when not much is visible, and ends at 15.52 when the crew leaves and the camera perspective is altered to its new position.

Thanks team! Job well done.

Now we just need the birds. The countdown clock is running and the birds are due back very soon, see expected arrival dates here http://ukospreys.uk/countdowndt.htm? Will Louis and Dorcha both return and move to this nest from the non-cam nest they favoured last year? Will young pair Affric (Blue 152) and YP the Stranger take up residence? Will 2019's chick Rannoch JJ2 recently sighted in Senegal and confirmed to be male not female as originally thought, decide to return to his natal nest? Or perhaps his sibling Mallie JJ0, also determined to be female but with question marks, turn out to be male and come home? Or even the most thrilling possibility of all, Aila returns, having been blown off course in the extreme weather event which occurred around the time she was due back last year??

So many possibilities - the only thing certain is that many pairs of eyes will be watching..

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The Woodland Trust nest cam was installed by Wildlife Windows in Arkaig Community Forest, it's funded by The People's Postcode Lottery and operates on wifi provided by Locheilnet. Watch the livestream here    • Loch Arkaig Osprey Cam - Woodland Trust  

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