New Arrivals!
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As the days get shorter & temperatures drop, winter migrants start to arrive. Already numbers of geese are increasing & the first Whooper swan arrived on Friday. Barnacle, Pinkfoot & …
Wildlife Diary 19th Sept
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As the autumn season deepens at Loch of the Lowes there is change in the air. For a start you may have noticed that we have changed the webcam view …
Power Station Turned Off
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For the whole of this week the Bonnington Power Station will be turned off to allow for maintenance work. This means that the weir at the top of the reserve …
Reserve Sightings
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The Pink Footed Goose numbers have been slowly increasing over the past week, reaching 850 by today (17th of September). It’s hard to believe that we are only 4 days away …
Tuesday 17th September:Blue YZ’s Spanish adventure continues
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14:45pm Afternoon all Yes Blue YZ is still in Spain, the latest data shows she’s been moving between the same three sites, Embalse (reservoir) de Piedras, the unnamed loch nearby and …
Water Birds
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The reserve always gets lots of different birds paying a visit to the river from common water birds to the rare glimpse of something a bit more elusive, a walk …
Monday 16th September: Osprey Review
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With our Osprey season over for another year we thought we’d reflect on the season and do some comparisons between this year and last year. The season kicked off with …
Sunday 15th September: Blue YZ update
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1pm Afternoon everyone We’ve just downloaded the latest batch of satellite tracking data and Blue YZ is …. still in Spain and heading back on herself. She left Embalse de …
Wildlife Diary Sunday 15th September
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Like the rest of Scotland there’s been lots of rain here today which is much needed as many of the small burns have dried up.These are an important water source for …
Autumn Approaches!
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Now that the days are becoming noticeably shorter we are seeing many changes around the loch. Skeins of geese have been arriving & will continue to do so in the …