Incubation, Intruders and a Sticky Situation…
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Life has been progressing smoothly for the breeding osprey pair at Loch of the Lowes. Almost a week has passed since LF15 laid her third egg and the pair have …
Three eggs for LF15 and LM12!
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There is great news for the osprey pair here at Lowes as LF15 has laid her third egg of the season! At around 6pm yesterday evening LF15 began to look …
Introducing the Loch of the Lowes Species Protection Team
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Osprey watch season 2019 is well under way! We’ve had an early start to the season with two eggs laid by the 7th of April, hopefully with more on the …
LF15 lays a second egg!
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We’ve had a very eventful 24 hours here at Loch of the Lowes! After a little bit of drama on the osprey nest on the night of the 6th of …
Night time drama at the osprey nest
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Following the laying of LF15’s first egg of the season on the 4th of April, the local volunteers and Species Protection Team have been keeping a close 24/7 eye on …
First osprey egg laid at Loch of the Lowes
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We are very pleased to announce that LF15, our resident breeding female laid her first egg of the 2019 season at 20:37 on Thursday 4 April. Following an afternoon of …
Osprey season begins at Loch of the Lowes
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Following the return of our regular breeding male LM12 on the 15th March (a new personal early record) the team at Loch of the Lowes were delighted to see his …
LM12 arrives to a warm Scottish welcome
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I’m sure many of you have caught up with the flurry of social media activity at the weekend, heralding the arrival of our regular breeding male osprey LM12 on Friday …
Celebrating 50 years of Ospreys at Loch of the Lowes
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It has probably not gone unnoticed among the keen eyed of you that 2019 marks a significant landmark in the history of Loch of the Lowes; not only are we …
The Flying Flock lands at Keltneyburn
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You might have caught Laura MacGregor our conservation shepherdess speaking on the BBC Radio Scotland’s Out of Doors programme at the weekend (Listen from around 1hr 15min 30s). Several weeks ago 15 …