Intern Diary Week 12 – The end of another peregrine year…
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So we are reaching the end of the season for the Peregrine Watch Site. The watch will close on Monday 1st June at 4pm. The peregrines will still be on …
Busy week at the Basin!
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There’s been plenty going on here at Montrose Basin over the past week! We started out on Monday, with our Balsam BBQ. Our volunteers spent a few hours out on …
Why are we seeing dead hedgehogs on the roadside?
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Mating season may be over for our peregrines but it is just beginning for our prickly friends. Sadly this means we are more likely to see hedgehogs dead on the …
Osprey Chick Update
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What a difference a week makes – little over 8 days ago our female was still patiently incubating her clutch of 3 eggs and now she is brooding 3 demanding …
Falls of Clyde Recent Sightings 19th-25th May
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Hi, So we’ve reached my favourite time of the year when a walk through the woods produces views of fresh green leaves, bluebell and greater stitchwort form a skyscape on …
Third chick 25th May
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After an anxious wait all day, we finally got to see chick number three hatch at approximately 4.53pm – a very welcome sight as it’s been six years since our …
Three is the magic number
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After an exciting few days at Lowes it looks like the third egg is hatching. At 9.20 this morning staff at Lowes noticed the female was spending a lot of …
Third egg hatching??
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At approximately 7pm last night, myself and my team were convinced that the smallest of holes could be seen forming in the third egg. However overnight the female did a …
Intern Diary Week 11 – “So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, good night…”
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“…I hate to go and leave this pretty sight”. Being my last weekend on duty this Sound of Music song has been stuck in my head all week. I was …
2nd chick update 23rd May
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We are thrilled to report that following another successful hatching this morning, our pair of ospreys now have two hungry mouths to feed. During the earlier hours of this morning, …