LR2 fledges
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As many of you will have noticed we’re back to occasionally having an empty nest again! Yes it’s that time of year. Both of the osprey chicks have fledged the …
We have lift off!
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It has been an exciting time here at Loch of the Lowes, watching our two Osprey chicks hatch and grow over the last couple of months. From watching them start …
Meet our newly ringed osprey chicks LR1 and LR2
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Tuesday dawned bright and sunny, with little to no wind – the perfect day to ring our two rapidly growing chicks. Keith Brockie, a local licensed and highly experienced raptor …
‘Flying fishermen’: the key features that help ospreys hunt
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You don’t gain the nickname ‘flying fisherman’ without being up for the job. Ospreys have a number of features which help them succeed as an apex predator. Here are some …
Sad news about our third chick
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Despite making an impressive entrance on Saturday, our third osprey chick unfortunately died in the nest early this morning. The season’s youngest bird had a difficult time of it. It …
The third chick has hatched at Loch of the Lowes
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The third and final chick joins life in the nest cup! Though not so far behind its siblings, it’s still long enough to already be seeing a huge difference in …
What is asynchronous hatching and why do ospreys hatch their eggs days apart?
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Many animals cannot control when their young are born. But birds are able to influence when they want their eggs to hatch. There are two ways they can do this. …
The second chick has hatched at Loch of the Lowes
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This one kept us waiting a little longer than the first! It was just after midnight on Wednesday morning when we noticed the first crack on our second egg, and …
The first chick has hatched at Loch of the Lowes
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We’ve had some breaking news here at Loch of the Lowes! Yesterday at around 1pm we noticed NC0 becoming increasingly agitated. She was regularly getting up and fussing with the …
An Eggstraordinary Journey
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It’s been over 3 weeks now since NC0 laid her 3rd egg, and with the first chick due to hatch in just over a week, we thought we’d look a little closer …