Wildlife Diary 13th April
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Hello it’s Lindsey on the dayshift doing the blog today; we’ve let Emma go home for some well earned, and much needed, sleep, as she is on nightshift again tonight. …
The Egg Confusion Continues
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I have to admit to personally being completely confused by the behaviour on our Loch of the Lowes osprey nest over the last 12 hours. The plot thickens as we …
Egg Update
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We believe that our resident female osprey laid her first egg of the year at around 10.40 last night. She showed all the classic signs of eggs laying: sitting in …
Exciting News
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The moment we have all been waiting for: we beleive the first egg of the 2012 season has been laid by our resident female Osprey tonight. At around 10.20pm our …
Wildlife Diary 11th April
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Whilst we wait for our ospreys to produce eggs on the famous Loch of the Lowes nest, the poor birds have been putting up with intruders (yesterday especially) and poor …
Super Camouflaged Moths and Flesh Eating Beetles!
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The volunteer trainee ranger team have been discovering some of the smaller and often over looked flying creatures that frequent the reserve. Toby Green and Ross Newham have very kindly …
Wildlife Diary 10th April and More Osprey Questions
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No eggs yet at the Loch of the Lowes osprey nest, but there is never a dull moment with our Ospreys! As is so often the case in spring, we …
Osprey Questions
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Thank you to everyone who has sent in Osprey questions recently – whilst I may not be able to send everyone a personal answer, I will try to share all …
More Prey Caught by Falcon
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Our falcon brought in another pigeon today, which she plucked and ate around half of. Today she chose to pluck her prey on the ledge rather than the plucking branch, …
Intruders and Old Pigeons
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A male peregrine flew through the gorge today, not one of our pair. Our tiercel was sat in the oak tree and chased after this intruder. He was presumably successful …