Goldcrest or firecrest?
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Last week I spotted a goldcrest on the reserve, as I was watching this little bird flitting about; it occurred to me that a male goldcrest is very similar in …
Osprey Diary 17th April: Egg Q and A
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A wonderfully calm and uneventful day today on the osprey nest at Loch of the Lowes, with the two eggs being incubated in the spring sunshine by both parents. We …
Osprey Diary 16th April
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What a great way to celebrate our 50th birthday- with the 70th osprey egg! All is well on the osprey nest today after our female laid her second egg at …
A Peaceful Day on the osprey nest -mostly! 15th April
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It has been a mostly peaceful day on our Loch of the Lowes osprey nest today, thank goodness, so we can all get over the excitement of the last few …
Osprey Diary 14th April
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Our first osprey egg of 2014 was most welcome , laid very early Sunday morning- just in time to help us celebrate 50 wonderful years of the Scottish Wildlife Trust. …
Webcam Offline Temporarily Sorry
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HI folks, it never seems to rain but it pours- on top of our human disturbance incident yesterday at the osprey nest yesterday ( see below) , now the webcam is playing …
Soft boiled eggs
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Its been a lovely sunny day at the watch site. The peregrines are still incubating and keeping guard of their eggs around the clock. Myself and the ranger team are …
Your wildlife garden part 4 – Cleaning your feeders
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Using birdfeeders in your garden is, of course, a good thing for our garden birds, however, it’s important to make sure they are maintained and kept clean at all times. …
Osprey Egg Laid by Moonlight 13th April
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Wonderful news here at Loch of the Lowes with out first Osprey egg of the 2014 breeding season laid overnight. At around 12.30 last night our nightwatch staff noticed classic …
Osprey Diary 12th April
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We are all waiting for our first osprey egg of the season to be laid…and wait .. and wait…will it arrive in time for our 50th birthday celebrations this weekend? …