NC0 has left on migration
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Our resident female NC0 has left the reserve, bringing an end to her second successful breeding season at Loch of the Lowes. The last sighting of NC0 on the webcam …
How do migrating ospreys find their way south?
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Loch of the Lowes has been an eventful place for the last few weeks. The sky has been busy with soaring ospreys and fishing activity has frequently disturbed the still …
LR1 has left on migration
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In an unusual turn of events our eldest fledgling LR1 appears to have left Loch of the Lowes on migration before the resident female. LR1 was last seen on the …
When will NC0 leave?
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It’s getting to that time of year when we start to speculate about the departure date of NC0 our resident female osprey. Since LR1 and LR2 fledged a few weeks …
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 …