Season of firsts for the young osprey pair
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RECAP It’s been nearly ten weeks since long term breeding female ‘Blue NC0’ returned from migration and seven and half weeks since she was last sighted at Loch of the …
Osprey Diary at Loch of the Lowes – Week 7
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The egg-hatch waiting game continues but the action hasn’t stopped for our incubating resident pair. In the past week we’ve seen an intruding osprey that had us questioning whether we’d …
Let’s Eggsamine NC0’s Three-Egg Clutch
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Our resident female osprey NC0 has been sitting tightly on her nest after laying the third and final egg on Easter Monday. With her occasional re-shuffle or incubation change with …
Eggsellent Data from Loch of the Lowes!
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The Species Protection Team have been trawling through the osprey data gathered over the years resident male LM12 has bred at the Loch, to reveal the following fascinating insights; from …
Osprey Diary at Loch of the Lowes – Week 4
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It’s been a fairly quiet week here for LM12 and NC0, which we are sure they are both grateful for after defending their eggs and nest from repeated intrusions last …
Osprey Diary at Loch of the Lowes – Week 3
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This week has started with a ba-ba-boom thanks to NC0 laying her third (and last) egg, right as the nest was being intruded on by a couple of other ospreys! …
Osprey Diary at Loch of the Lowes – Weeks 1 & 2
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Here at Loch of the Lowes Wildlife Reserve, our 24-hour Osprey Watch is well underway. NC0 laid her first egg on Tuesday 12th April and her second on Friday 15th …
Intruding ospreys
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Over the last couple of weeks at Loch of the Lowes there have been a lot of what we like to call “intruding ospreys”. As seen in the video below, …
The secret life of mallard ducks
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Mallard ducks Anas platyrhynchos are the most commonly sighted duck in the UK. They are as happy to take up residence in urban areas as they are in remote and …
Identifying Birds’ Eggs
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Have you encountered fragments of bird egg shells in your garden, in the woods or when you’re out and about? They can be interesting finds, but which birds do they …