Wildlife Diary 22nd April
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Our male osprey seems to be developing a real appetite for enormous fish and this got him into trouble yet again today, when he tried to take a pike in …
Walking on eggshells
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More wildlife clues have been discovered this week. This eggshell was found on the woodland path, when it narrowly escaped being trodden on by an eagle-eyed school group from Carluke. …
Wildlife Diary 21st April and Osprey Q and A
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Rain, rain and more rain- our poor ospreys have spent most of today looking very bedraggled but never slacking in their duty incubating their three precious eggs. The female had …
From the Nightwatch Team
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Night watch notes from Loch of the Lowes We have now completed over a week on night watch duty and have been observing our bird’s nocturnal habits during this initial …
All Calm at the Eyrie
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As the rain has dried up this evening the male has gone away hunting, leaving the female on the eyrie. She seems keen to stay on the eggs whenever she …
Wildllife Diary 20th April
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The really exciting news of that we have a third osprey egg laid this afternoon- a blessing beyond our wildest hopes this season. Our resident female bird showed classic signs …
Wildlife Diary Thursday 19th April
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Hi its Lindsey again as Emma’s off planting more trees. It’s been a pretty quiet day on the nest and the constant rain hasn’t helped. At one point our …
4 Weeks In
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It is now 4 weeks to the day since the Falcon laid her first egg. This time has flown by and I can’t believe we are closing in on hatching. …
Signs of spring
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Despite the warm weather a few weeks ago, we are still only in spring, but summer is only just around the corner. Cuckoo-flower is out in abundance along the boardwalk, …
Wildlife Diary 18th April
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After all the excitement over the arrival of our two precious Osprey eggs, things are now settling down to a nice routine on the nest as incubation commences. It will …