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Flashback to our #osprey summer at Loch Arkaig Pine Forest.

Our full 2026 season summary video is now viewable. 👉 buff.ly/ob6HV82

🤞 Fingers crossed Louis, Dorcha, Amber and Juniper have safely completed migration and are enjoying the good life in warmer climes.🌞

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November 3, 2026 at 5:32 PM
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Our work at Loch Arkaig PIne Forest features in this great little film produced by @cam.ac.uk

Take ten minutes to find out how communities are harnessing digital technology to save Scotland's rainforest.

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#LochArkaig #ScotlandsRainforest
Sunrise over a mountain loch, sunlight peeking from behind a left ridge as low clouds stretch across the sky and calm water reflects soft blue and gold tones between dark, forested hills.
September 7, 2026 at 8:35 AM
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2/3 Morag Hughes, who is a fan of our livestreaming osprey nest camera, swam out from the slipway at the end of the loch and around the island.

Huge thanks to Morag who raised £320 to support our restoration work at Loch Arkaig Pine Forest.

#LochArkaig
A lone swimmer wearing a yellow swim cap strokes across a calm loch toward tree-covered hills, with two small moored boats nearby and a shallow, pebbled shoreline visible in the foreground. Calm loch framed by small tree-covered islets and dense forested hills, with a lone swimmer near the center.
September 2, 2026 at 8:35 AM
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You did! You capture her beautifully, especially the photo of her flying with fish. Maybe you'll capture her on the return journey, this year she arrived in #LochArkaig on 7th April
August 24, 2026 at 5:15 PM
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Beautiful Aurora #Blue536, lovely to see her looking so well nine days after her last appearance on #OspreyCam - thanks for sharing your fabulous photos, Mark. #LochArkaig @wtscotsocial.bsky.social
markwright12002.bsky.social markwright12002.bsky.social @markwright12002.bsky.social · Aug 23
Osprey (536 - Aurora)
Much more distant today
Still present in Lytchett Bay, Dorset this morning
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August 23, 2026 at 10:26 PM
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Fantastic news, thanks @markwright12002.bsky.social - Aurora 536 stopped off there last year as well after leaving @wtscotsocial.bsky.social #LochArkaig Nest One. Great to see her, she was last seen on #OspreyCam on 14th August
markwright12002.bsky.social markwright12002.bsky.social @markwright12002.bsky.social · Aug 22
A 2022 bird called Aurora
August 22, 2026 at 1:50 PM
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🎄To mark the removal of the last of the non-native conifer plantation at Loch Arkaig Pine Forest, we invited some of our donors to plant native pines.

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#LochArkaig #ancientwoodland #Caledonianpinewood #woodlandrestoration
A man holds a bag full of small pine saplings. Pic by George Anderson
June 15, 2026 at 5:00 PM
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We had our first osprey hatch of the season at Loch Arkaig Pine Forest today!😍

Watch the birds live online thanks to Postcode Lottery players. 👉 buff.ly/U19bBkw

#ArkaigOsprey #nestcam #ospreycam #LochArkaig
June 1, 2026 at 1:50 PM
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The first osprey egg has pipped at Loch Arkaig Pine Forest!

Fingers crossed for a successful hatch today.

Watch live on the nestcam 👉 buff.ly/U19bBkw

#ArkaigOsprey #nestcam #ospreycam #LochArkaig
June 1, 2026 at 11:25 AM
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🌿Thought we'd share Henry’s 2021 coral root orchid find for tonight’s #WildFlowerHour #OrchidChallenge. He was over the moon to spot this nationally scarce plant which has no leaves or chlorophyll & depends entirely on its relationship with fungi for energy. #LochArkaig @wildflowerhour.bsky.social
Rare Coralroot Orchid discovered at Loch Arkaig Pine Forest - Woodland Trust
The coralroot orchid – a rare and difficult to spot plant – was recently found at Loch Arkaig Pine Forest. Henry Dobson, the Loch Arkaig Pine Forest Site Manager, talks about this discovery and the…
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May 31, 2026 at 7:15 PM
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Our first chick of the season at Loch Arkaig Pine Forest is expected to hatch on Monday or Tuesday.🐣

Join us live for "pip watch" on the nestcams 👉 buff.ly/U19bBkw

Meanwhile, here is Louis bringing Dorcha a fish, before shoogling onto their eggs.😊

#ArkaigOsprey #nestcam #ospreycam #LochArkaig
May 31, 2026 at 8:00 AM
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Got a few spare hours? Help a seedling become a granny! #ArkaigCommunityForest would 💚 your help at their community tree nursery potting up '000s of tiny Scots pine seedlings.
Sat 30 May
1030 to 1630
Location: Clunes Forest School, Spean Bridge PH34 4EJ
Register 👉️ buff.ly/znq4dwF #LochArkaig 🙏
Two images side by side. One is of young pine tree saplings in a tray. One is of a mature 'granny' pine on a hillside. It reads, 'Help this arrow become this'. Credit JillD/WTML & John MacPherson/WTML.
May 26, 2026 at 11:11 AM
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Arkaig Community Forest and Woodland Trust Scotland staff and volunteers have been translocating Scottish wood ants as part of our restoration work at the pine forest.

#woodants #ScottishWoodAnt #LochArkaig 🧵1/4
May 14, 2026 at 4:31 PM
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🥳 We're celebrating! For the 1st time ever we have a female sitting on eggs on both of our streamed #LochArkaig osprey nests! Three eggs on nest 2 and one on nest 1 (with more to come we suspect). Bust season ahead. Watch the action 👉️ buff.ly/oFzqtmG

#Ospreys #Eggs #Ospreycam
May 4, 2026 at 3:00 PM
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Dorcha is back!

Our female osprey touched down on her nest at #LochArkaig just before 12:22pm today. Looking fabulous.😍

Fingers crossed her mate Louis is not far behind.

Keep up with all the action on our livestreaming ospreycams.👉 buff.ly/Ac5qZJt

#ArkaigOspreys #Ospreycam
An osprey stands in the bowl of a nest of sticks with a hillside in the distance. Credit WTML
April 4, 2026 at 12:15 PM
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Osprey nest 1 at #LochArkaig Pine Forest was visited by this buzzard for 40 mins on Monday. 🌧️ The weather has been so grim there hasn't been enough solar power to run the cameras very much of late. Hopefully that will change soon. 🙏 Osprey season is only a few weeks away. 📆
A large bird sits in the middle of a nest made of sticks with hills in the background.
February 11, 2026 at 9:35 AM
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Great to be working with the @thebotanics.bsky.social & have the small cow-wheat translocation project at #LochArkaig Pine Forest profiled in this article about the Scottish Plant Recovery Project buff.ly/6teNXXu Thanks #NatureRestorationFund!
Scottish restoration projects to receive £5.2m in bid to save threatened nature
Edinburgh's Royal Botanic Garden has landed nearly £500k in major £5.2m drive to restore Scotland’s threatened nature
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January 29, 2026 at 10:00 AM
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#LochArkaig Pine Forest #volunteers meet every 2nd Tue & 3rd Sat of the month at Clunes Forest School PH34 4EJ. If you enjoy laughs, teamwork, a workout, quiet moments in the woods and outdoor tea & biscuits, email volunteering@arkaig.org to get involved. No experience needed. Next meet Sat 24 Jan 🌱
A woman in a red jacket in kneeling by a young sitka spruce tree preparing to cut it down with a hand saw. She is talking to another person. Credit Arkaig Community Forest. Four smiling women wearing waterproof jackets and carrying a selection of tools, including loppers and a cup of tea, stand in an area of forest that's been recently harvested. Credit Arkaig Community Forest. A woman in a blue jackets cuts a solitary figure walking through an upland landscape with a few remaining native trees and evidence of lots of felled mature conifers. Snow capped mountains and a loch are visible in the background. Credit Arkaig Community Forest.
January 21, 2026 at 4:01 PM
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Scots pines have always been special to WTS; this research from @ruth-j-mitchell.bsky.social of @hutton.ac.uk suggests the Scots pine alone supports nearly 1,600 separate species, incl 227 that rely on it entirely. Article featuring our restoration efforts at #LochArkaig says more ⬇️
Bringing back Scotland's ancient pine forests
Conservationists are working to restore the Caledonian pine forest to boost the country's bio-diversity.
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January 14, 2026 at 9:00 AM
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We put the drone up at Loch Arkaig PIne Forest during a temperature inversion.

There is a loch underneath there somewhere!

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December 17, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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Great to see @scottishwater.bsky.social trialling tree seeding by drone in difficult to access areas at #Talla. We've used a similar strategy to at #LochArkaig and at a #WoodlandTrust site in the hills around Bodmin too. Look forward to seeing the results 👉
Drones drop tree seeds to help protect Talla Reservoir
More than two million seeds are being sown to help protect water quality at the Talla Reservoir.
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December 12, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Great blog about our Arkaig ospreys on the BBC Countryfile magazine's website.

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Watch incredible, unbelievable close-up footage of baby ospreys hatch and grow, surviving storms and brutal tawny owl attacks | Countryfile.com
The Woodland Trust Scotland has captured the remarkable journey of two feisty male ospreys as they grow and eventually fledge.
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November 26, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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Great to see #LochArkaig pine forest feature alongside a feast of Scotland's wildlife in the 4th & final episode of Hamza's Hidden Wild Isles tonight. @hamzayassin.bsky.social we're sorry you didn't manage to film those elusive wild boar in person. Come back soon! Watch👉https://buff.ly/gAHWwKF
An aerial view of a family of 4 wild boar in the forest. Credit BHWildifeConsultancy 2 men standing in an area of felled plantation forestry. Credit BHWildifeConsultancy A montage of images featuring the naturalist Hamza Yassin smilingagainst a backdrop that is a mixed pine and broadleaf forest with a bird, red squirrel and a wild boar in the background.
November 2, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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Missing the #ArkaigOspreys now they've migrated? Fear not! We've put together a wee 2025 season summary for fans (featuring the voice of our very own George.) Full length vid 👉 buff.ly/cwT4X3l .Thanks players of People's #PostcodeLottery for your sustained support of all our work at #LochArkaig🙏.
November 1, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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One of our largest Highland properties #LochArkaig Pine Forest is a Nature30 site i.e. recognised as delivering biodiversity improvements now and in the future. If you own/manage land that is/will be delivering great things for nature, why not apply for Nature30 recognition too?👉
Scotland leading the way with Nature30 sites
Scotland is leading the way in the UK and Europe by recognising its first Nature30 sites as part of a global initiative to help halt and reverse nature loss.
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October 18, 2025 at 1:02 PM