Falls of Clyde Recent Sightings- 15- 21 May 2017
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This week has been another marvellous week for sightings. I had the moth trap out this week and got some amazing species. I have records of my first sighting of …
Baby Birds and Amusing Sounds
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We’ve been having a week of baby birds as pheasant chicks and mallard ducklings in the feeding station recently. Our blue tits have hatched in our nest box camera as …
Nice weather for ducks!
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After such another lovely week of weather, today has been a bit of a damp squib! Perfect weather for ducks you could say, so we thought we’d take this chance …
Countryfile visits Falls of Clyde
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This week’s episode of Countryfile featured the stunning Clyde Valley and explores the fantastic landscapes, habitats and species that can be seen in this part of Scotland. During the programme Ellie Harrison …
An exciting day for Loch of the Lowes!
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Yesterday was an eventful day for Loch of the Lowes! It began with a surprise visitor to the nest at 00:15am; a Tawny owl! The bird landed on a branch …
Identifying Garden warbler and Blackcap song
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One bird I have never knowingly seen or heard is a Garden warbler. This may come as a surprise to many of you, however I’m not a big birder and …
New chicks this morning at Loch of the Lowes
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The second egg has hatched ! It was just after the sunrise that we discovered the second osprey chick ! Since two days we were waiting forward to seeing it. Hopefully, in …
Could the second chick be hatching?
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At 6:40 this evening the female osprey stood up to reveal what looks like a small hole in one of the eggs. We are very pleased to see the hatching process …
An Unexpected Visitor
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There has been no sign yet of a second osprey chick but we have had an unusual visitor on the nest. On Monday afternoon a curious squirrel took a few …
Falls of Clyde Recent Sightings- 8-14 May 2017
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So this week was another fantastic week for sightings. I could talk about how on our first badger watch we saw three cubs and an adult for a good 30 …