Osprey Diary at Loch of the Lowes – Week 13
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It’s been a glorious week at Loch of the Lowes, with blue skies and sunshine dominating the weather, until some much needed rain fell from the skies on Sunday night …
Osprey Diary at Loch of the Lowes – Week 12
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It’s been another fine week weather wise in Highland Perthshire, with sunny weather dominating over the weekend, followed by cooler, more overcast (but still very dry) conditions in the latter …
Osprey Diary at Loch of the Lowes – Week 11
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Another week has flown by (no pun intended) on the osprey nest and the youngsters are growing fast, fueled by their high protein diet of fish from the nearby lochs …
Osprey Diary at Loch of the Lowes – Week 10
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After a period of uncertainty, we left our osprey family last week with the good news that the male LM12 appeared to be recovering well from his injury, was back …
Restoring our Natural World
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In these fresh May days of sunshine and scents we see the countryside at its best. Trees in fresh foliage, wild flowers bursting into colourful displays, birds nesting . …
Osprey Diary at the Loch of the Lowes – Week 9
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It’s been quite the dramatic week since we published the osprey diary last Friday, keenly watching the egg ‘pip’ of the first osprey chick grow larger! Best settle down with …
An update from the osprey nest
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On Sunday morning, we expressed our concerns over male osprey, LM12, who had not brought a fish back to the osprey nest for more than three days. With a hungry …
Concern over male osprey, LM12
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A number of you have contacted us over the last several days with concerns about the male osprey at Loch of the Lowes, LM12. Whilst we can report that LM12 …
Osprey Diary at Loch of the Lowes – Week 8
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Volunteers, staff and visitors alike at Loch of the Lowes have been on tenterhooks this week as we waited for the first signs of egg-hatching on our resident ospreys’ nest. …
Who’s Been On My Nest? A Closer Look at the Threats and Intrusions Faced by a Pair of Breeding Ospreys
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Like incubating or fishing, nest defence is one of the key tasks that ospreys must undertake to ensure the survival of their eggs, and later of their chicks. At the …