Wildllife Diary 20th April
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The really exciting news of that we have a third osprey egg laid this afternoon- a blessing beyond our wildest hopes this season. Our resident female bird showed classic signs …
Wildlife Diary Thursday 19th April
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Hi its Lindsey again as Emma’s off planting more trees. It’s been a pretty quiet day on the nest and the constant rain hasn’t helped. At one point our …
Wildlife Diary 18th April
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After all the excitement over the arrival of our two precious Osprey eggs, things are now settling down to a nice routine on the nest as incubation commences. It will …
Wildlife Diary 16th April
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Our ospreys have had to put up with another osprey intruder today ( perhaps the same cheeky bird who flew past yesterday with a fish in tow) , which caused …
Wildlife Diary 17th April
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Great news folks: our female osprey laid her second egg of the 2012 season this evening around 5.35pm, and we saw it clearly at 5.40- another lovely reddish brown speckled …
Osprey Q and A Continued:
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Q: How many eggs do Ospreys lay? A: Two or three is the usual number of eggs for an established breeding pair of Ospreys. Rarely four eggs are laid, although these …
Nightwatch shift at Loch of the Lowes
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The nightshift for protection of the Loch of the Lowes Osprey pair began on Thursday 12th of April after the suspected delivery of the seasons first egg; our resident female …
Wildlife Diary 15th April
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Wow what a day. After last night’s egg-citment we’ve had plenty to keep us occupied today. Our new male has taken to his parental duties well and is very keen …
Wildlife Diary 14th April
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A return to normal , pre-incubation behavior for our female osprey today, who has spent plenty of time on the nest but shown no signs so far of egg laying …
Breaking News: An egg at last
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Yes folks we really, definitely and truly have an egg on our osprey nest at Loch of the Lowes. Our resident female started sitting in her deep nest cup this …