Baby Birds and Amusing Sounds

We’ve been having a week of baby birds as pheasant chicks and mallard ducklings in the feeding station recently. Our blue tits have hatched in our nest box camera as

Nice weather for ducks!

After such another lovely week of weather, today has been a bit of a damp squib!  Perfect weather for ducks you could say, so we thought we’d take this chance

Countryfile visits Falls of Clyde

This week’s episode of Countryfile featured the stunning Clyde Valley and explores the fantastic landscapes, habitats and species that can be seen in this part of Scotland. During the programme Ellie Harrison

An exciting day for Loch of the Lowes!

Yesterday was an eventful day for Loch of the Lowes! It began with a surprise visitor to the nest at 00:15am; a Tawny owl! The bird landed on a branch

Could the second chick be hatching?

At 6:40 this evening the female osprey stood up to reveal what looks like a small hole in one of the eggs. We are very pleased to see the hatching process

An Unexpected Visitor

There has been no sign yet of a second osprey chick but we have had an unusual visitor on the nest. On Monday afternoon a curious squirrel took a few

The first chicks are here!

Here at Montrose Basin visitor centre we’ve been eagerly awaiting the appearance of new-borns, and yesterday our wait ended with the arrival of three moorhen chicks!!   These three very

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