Osprey egg fertility update!!
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Good news!!! – the eggs we retrieved from the osprey nest were fertile. Initial results from tests on the eggs have shown that the eggs definitely had started to form. …
Wildlife Blog 18th July 2011
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Events On The Nest: This morning the nest was empty until 9:58 when the female returned and began alarm calling. At 10:13 the female began mantling on the nest and …
Watch badgers at the Falls of Clyde
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The human visitors to the reserve might be grateful for good weather but some of our resident wildlife might not be so pleased! Badgers can eat up to 200 earthworms …
A tale of two colonies….
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You would be hard pushed to find a Dickens novel which would rival the antics of an active tern colony for stories of joy, woe, theft, violence, neglect and even murder. …
Wildlife Blog 15th July 2011
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Good afternoon all, Events at the nest today: 09:30am – Both birds on nest. 09:55am – Male leaves nest. 11:09am – Female leaves nest. 11:45am – Female returns to nest. …
Wildlife Blog 13th July 2011
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Good afternoon all, Events at the nest today: 09:40am – Female flies off nest, then returns two minutes later. 09:53am – Male returns to nest. 09:55am – Male leaves nest …
Upcoming event – Ranger reserve ramble
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This Saturday (16th June) we’re inviting members of the public to join us on a ranger-led ramble around Mains of Dun to see and hear the birds and animals which …
Wildlife Blog 11th July 2011
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Good afternoon all, Events at the nest today: Our resident female Osprey was on the nest at 9am today and could be heard contact calling her mate, the male eventually …
Wildlife Blog 7th July 2011
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Good afternoon all, Events at the nest today: As you will have been aware our osprey pair have not been incubating their eggs very much for a few days now. …
Sightings summary – June 2011
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The big news on the reserve at Montrose Basin during June was the arrival of a spoonbill. This heron-like bird has a wingspan of around four feet and its brilliant …