Your wildlife garden part 5 – Water
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Water is a source often overlooked by many people wishing to attract birds to their garden. As birds have no sweat glands they do need less water than mammals, but …
Wildlife sightings galore!
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There is something very satisfying about identifying things. From the song on the radio to that bird chirping in next doors garden. I can name most things that turn up …
Reserve Sightings – April update
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Yesterday (the 24th) two Sandwich Terns were spotted on the buoy in front of the Visitor Centre. By the end of the day this number had increased to four and …
Wildlife Diary 24th April
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Another lovely day at Loch of the Lowes with typical April sunshine and showers! Both our ospreys are continuing to incubate and strangely there haven’t been any fish deliveries to …
Osprey Diary 23rd April
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Our female osprey never ceases to amaze and surprise us- this morning she was off the nest and out of sight for over five hours which is highly unusual for …
Reserve Sightings – April
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April is traditionally the month of comings and goings on the reserve, with the arrival of Spring and its usually milder weather assisting our breeding species on their journey back …
Osprey Dairy 22nd April
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Our male osprey has been showing his dedication to his nest and mate, incubating a lot of time and being reluctant to let his mate take over despite the rain. …
Osprey Diary 21st April
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Our ospreys have been basking in glorious sunshine and incubating happily all Easter weekend. There have been no dramatic incidents, which is a blessing- our hearts go out to our …
An Easter Egg: more great news
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We believe our osprey laid her third egg of the season last night around 11.30pm, as she showed all the usual behavioural signs. However, its been difficult to get a …
Osprey Diary 19th April
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At Lowes today in the beautiful sunshine, we finally got a clear view of the third egg! Loch of the Lowes (19.04.14 – Copyright E Castle-Smith) Our famous female and …