Torpor or Hibernation?
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Mammals have a high metabolic rate in order to maintain their body temperature and therefore need an effective way of reducing energy costs in winter. Smaller species are especially at …
Job Opportunity – Community Jobs Scotland
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Do you live in Perthshire? Are you between the ages of 16-19? Are you looking to pursue a career in conservation? Are you registered unemployed with the JobCentre and not already …
Osprey Update 18th of January to 22nd January
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Our young osprey seems to have left the coast for the present time and has settled in the inland waterways along the Senegal River. He commonly makes his way to …
Visitor Centre Closed Tomorrow
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We apologise again but unfortunately the visitor will remain closed tomorrow. Although there has been no further snowfall today, temperatures have remained low so there hasn’t been any significant thaw. …
Visitor Centre Closed Until Sunday
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Please accept our apologies for the fact that the Loch of the Lowes Visitor Centre will be CLOSED UNTIL SUNDAY at the earliest- please check here for further updates. Whilst we …
Kirstin and Emma’s Winter Wildlife Surveillance
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One of the first challenges we were posed with was to go out and explore the reserve armed with the camera traps and try and capture some interesting footage of …
Sunday 20th Jan 2013 Visitor Centre Open Today
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We are delighted to say that the access roads to Loch of the Lowes are not too bad and therefore we are OPEN today. Should the weather deteriorate we may …
Visitor Centre Closed Today
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Due to heavy snowfall overnight in the Dunkeld area and further significant snow forecast for later, the visitor centre will not be opening today. We will review the situation tomorrow …
Twite Club
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Twite are often seen as boring or dull birds to non-birders, or those that just haven’t given them the time of day, and along with other species are often called …
A pair of peregrines
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This past week we have been lucky enough to have a fair amount of dry weather. I even saw the sun shining down upon us for a few days; I …