A Conservation Volunteer’s Perspective
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Here at Loch of the Lowes the ranger team is comprised of Emma, the Perthshire Ranger and three volunteer Assistant Rangers: Bryan, Noa and Ben. Since the Ranger manages six …
Wildlife Dairy Tues 19th June
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Our Ospreys continue to thrive despite the weather here seeming to alternate between winter and summer, even within the same day. Our male has been bringing in plenty of fish, …
Beautiful butterflies
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Each summer, butterfly transects are carried out at the reserve to establish which species are around and in what abundance. This is one of my favourite jobs as a ranger, …
Magical Day
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It often seems to be the case that the most exciting this happen just before a group of vistors arrives, or just after they have gone! This morning however, one …
Wildlife Diary Sunday 17th June
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Sad news today the Blue Tits chicks in our second nest box have died. It looks like something happened to the male last night as he didn’t return and, as …
Wildlife Diary Saturday 16th June
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Our young Osprey chick is 26 days old today and thriving- showing all the signs of completely normal and healthy behaviour and development. To recap some questions about the chick …
Close Encounter
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To my delight, one of the juveniles decided that it would feed on a stump just in front of the peregrine site this evening. This gave us amazing views of …
Wildlife Diary Friday June 15th
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We have a fabulous talk here coming up on Monday night, the 18th June. The Rutland Osprey Project have tracked their birds to West Africa and are working with local …
Wildlife Diary Thursday 14th June
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Our apologies for the lateness of this blog, but happily it wasn’t a big news day on our Loch of the Lowes osprey nest yesterday. Our single chick continues to …