High drama on the osprey nest
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High drama on the osprey nest over the last 48hrs here at Loch of the Lowes. No, its not the arrival of ‘our’ male unfortunately, but yet another intruder osprey …
Last update before Christmas
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This will probably be the last update before Christmas to fill you in on what’s been happening. First off, the loch is frozen – you can check it out on our …
Beautiful frosty, Christmassy weather up here
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We have had some beautiful frosty, Christmassy weather up here – putting us all in the mood. On the loch, we’ve been having regular sighting of Whooper swans with up …
Really good sightings
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Just a wee update to let you know that we have had really good sightings of mixed flocks of fieldfare and redwing on the rowan trees at the front of …
The Wildlife Diary is back
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The Wildlife Diary is back because even though the ospreys are away to West Africa for the winter there is still a fair bit going on at the feeders and …
Winter is coming
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It is getting a lot colder here and you can really feel winter coming. We have discovered yet another feral cat hanging around the bird feeders which will be why …
A lot of osprey sightings?
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Our ospreys have still not been seen on the nest but there have been quite a lot of sightings of ospreys on the loch over the last week so it …
Left for their wintering grounds
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We have not seen the osprey chicks or the father since yesterday morning which is leading us to believe that they may have left for their wintering grounds in equatorial …
The mother osprey has finally left
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It appears that the mother osprey has finally returned back to equatorial West Africa. We believe that she left last Wednesday (5 August) as she has not been seen by …
Eventful week here with the ospreys
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We have had a very eventful week here with the ospreys. Whilst out in the canoe on Thursday evening monitoring the reserve, we spotted what we thought was probably the …