Monday 20th May – hatching update
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Wow what a day, as I write we’ve just had some great views of the egg with much more shell off and we can see the chick inside. There are …
Breaking News: First Hatching underway
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first glimpse of egg hatching 7am : Our female ospreys behaviour changed this morning and as her breakfast arrived a few minutes ago, she was reluctant to take it from …
Flaptastic peregrines
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Now the peregrine chicks are getting bigger, their pre-flight training is ramping up a gear. Both the chicks are testing out their wing muscles on a regular basis. Where as …
Wildlife Diary Sunday May 20th
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Well, no Osprey eggs have hatched so far today, but that hasn’t stopped it being one of the most beautiful and pleasant days here of the spring so far. Glorious …
Ring ring!
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Each year the peregrine chicks at the Falls of Clyde are ringed. This involves collecting the chicks from the nest and fitting them with a small metal ring on each …
Wildlife Diary Saturday 19th May
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This evening at Loch of the Lowes there is a palpable sense of anticipation as our Ospreys near the end of their long incubation. For 35 days so far the …
Chunky chicks
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Despite recent poor hunting conditions for the adults, the peregrine chicks continue to grow at an exceptional rate! This is thanks to the hard work of the adults who are …
Wildlife Diary Friday 18th May
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As I write, the male Osprey has just brought in a lovely whole brown trout to his mate a the nest, and there has been another seamless switch in incubation …
Camera Update: Webcams back up
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Our apologies for the interruption to our Osprey and Squirrel Webcams overnight: our SWT wide server had gone down, and we have been able to restart it this morning with …
Notes from the Nightwatch team
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Notes from the Night Watch Team 18th May Thankfully we have had another quiet week on night watch with no disturbance incidences affecting the ospreys. We did however have an …