Wildlife Diary Wed 8th August
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We have just updated our satellite tracking page and the latest data shows our chick Blue 44 still using the same triangle of woodland between the two lochs. His fishing …
Wildlife Diary Tues 7th August
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Our young Osprey Blue44 is getting more and more independent and spending less time of the nest now, and more time on the fringes of theLochwatching his father fishing and …
Otter or other?
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One way of detecting hard to spot wildlife, is by setting camera traps which are activated by movement. This is a tactic we often use at the Falls of Clyde …
Wildlife Diary Sunday 5th August
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Another busy day here at Loch of the Lowes, with our regular Opticron Optics fair and our very successful Wildlife Spy events, where we all learnt to improve our field …
A transformation
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In July I blogged about the moth eggs and caterpillars that were decorating the trees with cobweb like creches. Well now the caterpillars have pupated and all over the reserve …
Wildlife Diary Saturday 4th August
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We had another unexpected visitor today when one of our Red Squirrel kittens decided to see what it was like inside the Visitor Centre. To the great amusement of everyone …
Wildlife Diary Friday 3rd August
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What an exciting day at Loch of the Lowes- the team here have hardly had time to draw breath! The day started in exciting fashion when we had an unusual …
A Beaver Arrives at Loch of the Lowes
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Our busy lochside hides this afternoon were full of visitors enjoying our ospreys in-flight antics when an unexpected wildlife visitor turned up: the first ever recorded sighting at Loch of …
A feathery find
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Most feathers are difficult to I.D. because they all look very similar and there are detailed books to help you tell the difference. So I was delighted when I found …
Wildlife Diary Thursday 2nd August
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Another milestone… This morning Blue 44 was showing off how well his vocal chords are working by shouting and shouting at his dad for fish. He flew around a couple …