Tiercel Feeds Falcon on Nest
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In the area around the peregrines site we have swallows and martins catching insects, willow warblers and blackcaps in full song and common sandpipers on the river. So the migratory …
Wildlife Diary 27th April
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A mixture of brilliant sunshine and hail showers today at Loch of the Lowes, with our steadfast ospreys sitting through it all on their precious eggs. The morning started excitingly …
Wildlife Diary 26th April
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It’s been a very quiet day on both the nest and the loch with very little to be seen on the water. It’s very windy here today and anyone watching …
Intruders Between Showers
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According to old folklore if the Mistle Thrush is singing there is rain on the way. This morning there were two Mistle Thrush singing at full pelt on either side …
Hunger strikes at peregrine nest
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Tuesday saw a lot of action around the peregrine nest site. From 10 am, the tiercel was on incubation duty and was constantly calling whilst sat on the nest. When …
Wildlife Diary 25th April
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A very wet and blustery day here at Loch of the Lowes, but our ospreys are doing well weathering the storm so to speak. There are actually waves a foot …
Skeletons in the woods
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With spring leaping in to action the leaves are starting to come out on the trees. The remains of last years leaves are still around though, with drifts of dry …
Wildlife Diary Monday 23rd April
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Fortunately our male didn’t get himself into trouble today on the loch; instead he appeared with literally the tail end of a fish, not a great meal for an incubating …
Spotlight on Wildlife Photography
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Many of our visitors here at Loch of the Lowes enjoy the art of wildlife photography- and this is surely one of the best places in Scotland to photograph some …
Hatching Closing In?
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The falcon was on the eyrie for almost all of today, the only time she came off was to have a quick feed from the larder and to to have …