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 …
Osprey Diary at Loch of the Lowes – Week 7
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The egg-hatch waiting game continues but the action hasn’t stopped for our incubating resident pair. In the past week we’ve seen an intruding osprey that had us questioning whether we’d …
Osprey Diary at Loch of the Lowes – Week 6
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The wind continued over the weekend, but the nor’easterly wasn’t the only thing ruffling feathers at the Loch of the Lowes. Intruding ospreys, dropped fish and military planes flying over …
Let’s Eggsamine NC0’s Three-Egg Clutch
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Our resident female osprey NC0 has been sitting tightly on her nest after laying the third and final egg on Easter Monday. With her occasional re-shuffle or incubation change with …
Loch of the Lowes Osprey Sighted on their First Migration North
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It was with great excitement that we received news earlier this week of a sighting of 2021 Loch of the Lowes youngster ‘Blue LR2’ in the north west of Spain. …
Osprey Diary at Loch of the Lowes- Weeks 4 & 5
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It’s been a blustery few weeks at the Loch of the Lowes Reserve full of intruding ospreys, but the couple have been keeping their eggs well protected 24/7 while also …
Osprey Diary at Loch of the Lowes- Week 3
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A week has passed since the Easter weekend at Loch of the Lowes, when we experienced a mixture of beautiful sunny weather, some heavy showers and plenty of action in …
Meet the 2023 Osprey Species Protection Officers
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This year we welcome an international team of Species Protection Officers (SPOs) to the Loch of the Lowes Reserve. The SPO team will be working with over sixty volunteers to …