Hunger strikes at peregrine nest
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Tuesday saw a lot of action around the peregrine nest site. From 10 am, the tiercel was on incubation duty and was constantly calling whilst sat on the nest. When …
Skeletons in the woods
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With spring leaping in to action the leaves are starting to come out on the trees. The remains of last years leaves are still around though, with drifts of dry …
Hatching Closing In?
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The falcon was on the eyrie for almost all of today, the only time she came off was to have a quick feed from the larder and to to have …
Walking on eggshells
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More wildlife clues have been discovered this week. This eggshell was found on the woodland path, when it narrowly escaped being trodden on by an eagle-eyed school group from Carluke. …
All Calm at the Eyrie
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As the rain has dried up this evening the male has gone away hunting, leaving the female on the eyrie. She seems keen to stay on the eggs whenever she …
4 Weeks In
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It is now 4 weeks to the day since the Falcon laid her first egg. This time has flown by and I can’t believe we are closing in on hatching. …
Signs of spring
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Despite the warm weather a few weeks ago, we are still only in spring, but summer is only just around the corner. Cuckoo-flower is out in abundance along the boardwalk, …
Our webcam is working
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Regular visitors to the Scottish Wildlife Trust website and our webcam pages will have noticed the lack of live peregrine footage. We have been having technical difficulties not only with …
More Food Storing
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The falcon stored food again today. As mentioned a few days ago, she can sense when low pressure is on the horizon and plans ahead. As previously it was a …
Riverdance
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It’s been an all dancing display on the river recently. Not only were there dippers dipping, but there was also a wagtail wagging! I hadn’t quite got the hang of …