White-tailed eagle nest | LIVE from North Uist, Outer Hebrides
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Uist Forest Retreat
Original Title :
White-tailed eagle nest | LIVE from North Uist, Outer Hebrides
URL :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aivQQnNPwZ8
Since :
2026.3.3
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7196
📡 Stream status — June 2026
We're very sorry to report that both of this season's chicks have been lost. Jupiter,
the first to hatch, sadly passed away at around six weeks of age, overnight on Sunday
14 June 2026. Our thanks go to everyone who watched, and to the moderators and community
who shared their knowledge so generously throughout.
Jupiter has been retrieved from the nest for a post-mortem examination. Results can take
up to around three weeks, and we'll share what we learn once we're able to.
Over the next couple of days the camera will switch to solar power to conserve its
methanol fuel cell (the fuel is costly), so the live feed may be intermittent at times —
thank you for bearing with us. Loki and Caitir remain in their territory, and we'll keep
watching them. Subscribe to follow what comes next from the nest.
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2026 season timeline
🥚 First egg laid — 26 March 2026
🥚 Second egg laid — 29 March 2026
🐣 First hatch — 2 May 2026 (Jupiter). Sadly died at around six weeks of age, overnight
on Sunday 14 June 2026.
🐣 Second hatch — 5 May 2026. The younger eaglet died on 12 May 2026, at eight days old.
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Meet Loki and Caitir — a white-tailed eagle pair nesting on North Uist, in the woodland
surrounding Uist Forest Retreat in Scotland's Outer Hebrides. White-tailed eagle eggs
take around 38 days to hatch. This is a wild nest, and this season was a hard reminder
that nothing here is guaranteed — but that is what makes it real.
What this camera is for
🐟 Prey deliveries — a rare, real-time window onto what these eagles actually eat
(fish, seabirds, rabbits).
🔬 Research with Redwing Ecology
Most of what is known about white-tailed eagle diet in Scotland comes from analysis of
food remains and pellets collected at nests and roost sites. That information doesn't
provide the full picture, and there are still considerable gaps in our knowledge of eagle
diet and their interactions with other species. This nest camera offers a rare
opportunity for real-time, detailed study — of both prey and nesting behaviour — and the
footage captured here is contributing to research led by Redwing Ecology.
It adds to detailed data first gathered here in 2019, which examined prey deliveries
and incubation habits as well as diet — so the behavioural picture has a baseline to build
on too. Together this is one of the most detailed real-time records of white-tailed eagle
prey and behaviour assembled to date, and we'll keep building on both sets of data
wherever we can as the years go on.
Loki is named after Lògasgeir, a local skerry thought to be named after a Viking called Lògaidh who landed his ship there, in the township between Bhàlaigh and Malacleit.
Caitir takes her name from Beinn Airidh Caitir — "Kate's sheiling on the hill" — a local landmark and one of her favoured parts of the territory.
Find out more
https://www.uistforestretreat.co.uk/white-tailed-eagle/
https://www.facebook.com/UistSeaEagles
https://www.redwingecology.com/
Filmed under licence from NatureScot
We're very sorry to report that both of this season's chicks have been lost. Jupiter,
the first to hatch, sadly passed away at around six weeks of age, overnight on Sunday
14 June 2026. Our thanks go to everyone who watched, and to the moderators and community
who shared their knowledge so generously throughout.
Jupiter has been retrieved from the nest for a post-mortem examination. Results can take
up to around three weeks, and we'll share what we learn once we're able to.
Over the next couple of days the camera will switch to solar power to conserve its
methanol fuel cell (the fuel is costly), so the live feed may be intermittent at times —
thank you for bearing with us. Loki and Caitir remain in their territory, and we'll keep
watching them. Subscribe to follow what comes next from the nest.
---
2026 season timeline
🥚 First egg laid — 26 March 2026
🥚 Second egg laid — 29 March 2026
🐣 First hatch — 2 May 2026 (Jupiter). Sadly died at around six weeks of age, overnight
on Sunday 14 June 2026.
🐣 Second hatch — 5 May 2026. The younger eaglet died on 12 May 2026, at eight days old.
--
Meet Loki and Caitir — a white-tailed eagle pair nesting on North Uist, in the woodland
surrounding Uist Forest Retreat in Scotland's Outer Hebrides. White-tailed eagle eggs
take around 38 days to hatch. This is a wild nest, and this season was a hard reminder
that nothing here is guaranteed — but that is what makes it real.
What this camera is for
🐟 Prey deliveries — a rare, real-time window onto what these eagles actually eat
(fish, seabirds, rabbits).
🔬 Research with Redwing Ecology
Most of what is known about white-tailed eagle diet in Scotland comes from analysis of
food remains and pellets collected at nests and roost sites. That information doesn't
provide the full picture, and there are still considerable gaps in our knowledge of eagle
diet and their interactions with other species. This nest camera offers a rare
opportunity for real-time, detailed study — of both prey and nesting behaviour — and the
footage captured here is contributing to research led by Redwing Ecology.
It adds to detailed data first gathered here in 2019, which examined prey deliveries
and incubation habits as well as diet — so the behavioural picture has a baseline to build
on too. Together this is one of the most detailed real-time records of white-tailed eagle
prey and behaviour assembled to date, and we'll keep building on both sets of data
wherever we can as the years go on.
Loki is named after Lògasgeir, a local skerry thought to be named after a Viking called Lògaidh who landed his ship there, in the township between Bhàlaigh and Malacleit.
Caitir takes her name from Beinn Airidh Caitir — "Kate's sheiling on the hill" — a local landmark and one of her favoured parts of the territory.
Find out more
https://www.uistforestretreat.co.uk/white-tailed-eagle/
https://www.facebook.com/UistSeaEagles
https://www.redwingecology.com/
Filmed under licence from NatureScot
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