A Conservation Volunteer’s Perspective
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Here at Loch of the Lowes the ranger team is comprised of Emma, the Perthshire Ranger and three volunteer Assistant Rangers: Bryan, Noa and Ben. Since the Ranger manages six …
Wildlife Dairy Tues 19th June
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Our Ospreys continue to thrive despite the weather here seeming to alternate between winter and summer, even within the same day. Our male has been bringing in plenty of fish, …
Wildlife Diary Sunday 17th June
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Sad news today the Blue Tits chicks in our second nest box have died. It looks like something happened to the male last night as he didn’t return and, as …
Wildlife Diary Saturday 16th June
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Our young Osprey chick is 26 days old today and thriving- showing all the signs of completely normal and healthy behaviour and development. To recap some questions about the chick …
Wildlife Diary Thursday 14th June
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Our apologies for the lateness of this blog, but happily it wasn’t a big news day on our Loch of the Lowes osprey nest yesterday. Our single chick continues to …
Wildlife Diary Friday June 15th
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We have a fabulous talk here coming up on Monday night, the 18th June. The Rutland Osprey Project have tracked their birds to West Africa and are working with local …
Wildlife Diary Wed 13th June
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At one stage today we had four ospreys on the Loch of the Lowes and the intruder dramas have gone on all day. We have our resident Osprey pair chasing …
Wildlife Diary Tuesday 12th June
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Our Ospreys continue to delight and surprise us with lots of fascinating behavior, and the chick’s incredibly rapid development. This phenomenal growth spurt, whereby the chick will be almost adult …
Wildlife Diary Monday 11th June
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The most exciting news today isn’t from our Ospreys but our Blue Tits, the oldest ones have fledged overnight leaving us looking at an empty box. They were in the …
Wildlife Diary Sunday 10th June
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Before we update you on our own Ospreys we have to mention the extraordinary events at the Dyfi Osprey Project yesterday. They were faced with an incredibly difficult decision in …