Volunteer’s Diary 18th June 2013
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Greetings to all osprey blog followers! We are two of the full-time Residential Volunteers this summer here at Loch of the Lowes. We wanted to explain a little about what …
Tern Raft Update
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With the first egg seen on the tern raft on Saturday 15th June hopes are high for a successful breeding performance. However, with only one pair on the raft at …
Wildlife Diary 17th June
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by Lindsey A routine day on the nest with a large Brown Trout coming in mid morning and being recycled several times. None of the birds seemed particularly hungry given …
Fly Lady Fly: Wildlife Diary Sunday 16th June
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by Lindsey A regular day on the Osprey nest with three fish so far, one Mystery Fish and two Brown Trout. They seem very well fed as this morning’s Mystery …
The Waiting Game
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It has been reasonably quiet up at the peregrine site these past few days leaving little to report. Both peregrines have been spending a lot of time preening themselves in …
Osprey Diary Saturday 15th June
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After a dull start to the day, things brightened up enough to convince our female osprey to get up and give us some great views of our chick. We …
Osprey Diary 14th June
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What a difference two weeks makes! Our tiny osprey chick is long gone and in its place a strong dark downy youngster growing like a weed. Just compare these two …
Osprey Diary Thurs 13th June
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The fourth fish of the day has just been delivered to our osprey nest and our ever hungry chick is tucking in as usual- it must be the best fed …
Visitor Centre early closure on Sunday
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This coming Sunday (16th June) the visitor centre will be closing to the public from 2pm as we are hosting a private event. Anyone arriving after this time will still …
Mallard ducklings
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While designed mainly for woodland birds, we regularly get a number of other species visiting our bird feeders. We have a female mallard who visits on a regular basis, but …