Misty mornings, golden leaves
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This morning, as the morning mist lifted from Loch of the Lowes to reveal plant, animal and birdlife in abundance, it more than lived up to its description – “nature reserve”. In autumn, …
Migration Update Sunday 30th September: Blue YD through the desert & Blue 44 still enjoying the french cuisine
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Blue YD has made it safely through the desert! He was roosting on the Sengal River last night amd was right on the Mauritania/ Senegal border so perhaps he’s waiting …
Migration Updates: 29th September 2012
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Blue 44 is still happily fishing at the same lake in the south of France. We have plotted some of his recent activity on the map but you will need …
Migration Update Sept 27th: BlueYD in Sahara
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Whilst our Loch of the Lowes osprey chick Blue 44 relaxes in southern France, our second satellite tagged chick Blue YD is steaming ahead and has now covered nearly three …
Torrential torrent pulverises paths
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A few weeks ago we experienced high levels of water overflowing from surrounding farmland into the Falls of Clyde. This was rather inconveniently channelled down one of the paths near …
Osprey Migration Update 26th September
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Both our young ospreys continue to do really well on their first autumn migrations though taking very different approaches to the journey. Blue 44 is still in southern France in …
Blue 44 Photographed in France
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Brilliant news from our colleagues in southern France: Our young Osprey Blue 44 was photographed yesterday on Etang Blanc! Stéphanie and her colleague Paul Lesclaux , the rangers at Réserve …
Too Fat To Fly
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On Saturday (22/09/12) a juvenile gannet was spotted in the field next to the visitor centre. Juvenile gannets have a very different plumage from the adults, being predominantly black, with …
Migration Update 24th Sept
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What a fascinating story our two satellite tacked youngsters have revealed so far! Who would have thought that we’d have two such different birds: one a late hatchling but so …
Migration Update 23rd September: Blue 44 stays put & Blue YD heads for the sea!
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We were lucky enough to receive tracking data from both of our young ospreys today (An unusual occurrence… perhaps we will not get any tomorrow!). Blue 44 stayed a little …