Pirate. Bully. Villain. These three words have become synonymous with the great skua, one of the summer residents on Handa Island Wildlife Reserve and a part of many other seabird …
When will the chicks start to grow their feather? Our two little chicks began their journey covered in a fine coat of downy feathers. The cute, fluffy stage however …
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 …
The Scottish Wildlife Trust’s network of volunteer led children’s nature clubs, known as Wildlife Watch groups, provide an essential service for communities across Scotland. They allow children and families the …
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 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 …
Many animals cannot control when their young are born. But birds are able to influence when they want their eggs to hatch. There are two ways they can do this. …
This one kept us waiting a little longer than the first! It was just after midnight on Wednesday morning when we noticed the first crack on our second egg, and …
We’ve had some breaking news here at Loch of the Lowes! Yesterday at around 1pm we noticed NC0 becoming increasingly agitated. She was regularly getting up and fussing with the …
