Our webcam is working
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Regular visitors to the Scottish Wildlife Trust website and our webcam pages will have noticed the lack of live peregrine footage. We have been having technical difficulties not only with …
Wildlife Diary 16th April
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Our ospreys have had to put up with another osprey intruder today ( perhaps the same cheeky bird who flew past yesterday with a fish in tow) , which caused …
Wildlife Diary 17th April
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Great news folks: our female osprey laid her second egg of the 2012 season this evening around 5.35pm, and we saw it clearly at 5.40- another lovely reddish brown speckled …
Osprey Q and A Continued:
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Q: How many eggs do Ospreys lay? A: Two or three is the usual number of eggs for an established breeding pair of Ospreys. Rarely four eggs are laid, although these …
More Food Storing
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The falcon stored food again today. As mentioned a few days ago, she can sense when low pressure is on the horizon and plans ahead. As previously it was a …
Basin Notes
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All around us, summer migrants have been appearing, with the first sand martin of the year recorded on Sunday 25th March, flitting around near the specially designed nesting wall at …
Nightwatch shift at Loch of the Lowes
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The nightshift for protection of the Loch of the Lowes Osprey pair began on Thursday 12th of April after the suspected delivery of the seasons first egg; our resident female …
Wildlife Diary 15th April
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Wow what a day. After last night’s egg-citment we’ve had plenty to keep us occupied today. Our new male has taken to his parental duties well and is very keen …
Riverdance
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It’s been an all dancing display on the river recently. Not only were there dippers dipping, but there was also a wagtail wagging! I hadn’t quite got the hang of …
Falcon Spending a lot of time on nest
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The falcon spent large parts of the day on the nest, particularly in the morning. It is possible that due to the very cold night here at the falls of …