Season of firsts for the young osprey pair
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RECAP It’s been nearly ten weeks since long term breeding female ‘Blue NC0’ returned from migration and seven and half weeks since she was last sighted at Loch of the …
Loch of the Lowes ospreys – the season so far
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Grab a cuppa and settle down for a full review of this year’s osprey action at Loch of the Lowes. It’s been a complicated start to the season with no …
Loch of the Lowes osprey update – 8 April 2025
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As ever, it’s been a dramatic season for the ospreys at Loch of the Lowes thus far. Our Perthshire Ranger, Sara Rasmussen, tells us more. Things had been fairly …
Fish, ‘Flowers’ and the Battle of Blue ‘7C1’ – An Update from the Osprey Nest
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After losing her long term breeding partner LM12, resident female osprey NC0 has taken the eye of several other male ospreys. A young, heavily marked osprey known to us in …
Skydancing, Nestorations and Fish – Positive News from the Nest
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Since the sad loss of our breeding male LM12 at the start of the month it has been a tumultuous time on the nest for female NC0. After valiantly incubating …
Intruding Ospreys Make a Move
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We last wrote updating what had been happening on the nest on Tuesday evening, when the ‘Pale Male’ intruder came in and crushed one egg, flicked the other out the …
The Start of a New Osprey Era at Lowes?
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Following the desperately sad loss of LM12, it has been encouraging to observe NC0 spending more time off the nest caring for herself by bathing and heading off on several …
Loch of the Lowes osprey nest update
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UPDATE Saturday 4 May, 9pm: It is with a very heavy heart that we announce that a dead osprey was found near Dunkeld yesterday (Friday 3 May), believed to be …
Winter Season at Loch of the Lowes
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From tomorrow 1st November to 29th February 2024 Lowes Visitor Centre will be operating on Winter Hours. We will only be open to the public 10.30am-4pm on Fridays, Saturdays and …
Creatures of the Night
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Here we are in Autumn with increasingly short hours of daylight between rosy dawns and glorious golden sunsets – when it’s not stormy, that is! We hope you are safe …