Update on FR3
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You may have been wondering why there hasn’t been any news in recent weeks of our young satellite tagged osprey, FR3. Unfortunately it would appear that we have lost contact …
Falls of Clyde Recent Sightings 12th-18th June 2017
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My favourite wildlife sighting this week was from our Visitor Centre window. I was closing up for the evening and took a glance out the window when I noticed a …
Ringing Chicks and Osprey News
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Yesterday proved to be an exciting day at Loch of the Lowes as the osprey chicks were ringed. It is important to do the ringing while the chicks are still …
Our Chicks are Ringed!
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Yesterday Keith Brockie was at Loch of the Lowes and he ringed our two osprey chicks. The youngest (smallest) is Blue PH1 and the oldest (largest) is PH2. The whole …
Why bumblebee feeding stations aren’t necessarily a good thing…
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Recently I’ve been seeing quite a bit of information about providing bumblebee feeding stations in your garden. I saw a photo online and there were over 20 bees feeding from …
Our Living Seas – Scotland’s Seagrass Meadows
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In this guest blog Richard Lilley, Founding Director of Project Seagrass, explains the importance of this special habitat, and how people can help by submitting records through Seagrass Spotter Seagrasses …
Sound on the Osprey Nestcam
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A little while ago we wrote about the vandals attacking our microphone on the osprey nestcam. These were great tits who were pulling the fluffy covering off the microphone to …
Falls of Clyde Recent Sightings 5th-11th June 2017
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This week has been another outstanding week for sightings on the reserve. I think this week the highlight for me is how all the white and pink foxgloves which have …
My Montrose Basin highlights
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Today marks the last day of my internship here, so I thought I’d dedicate this blog to my favourite moments of my three months spent in this lovely and unique …
People’s Postcode Lottery Beaver Watch Evenings!
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Loch of the Lowes will be holding three beaver talks in June that are now open for booking. Come along to learn about these fascinating creatures and for a chance …