Concern over male osprey, LM12
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A number of you have contacted us over the last several days with concerns about the male osprey at Loch of the Lowes, LM12. Whilst we can report that LM12 …
Osprey Diary at Loch of the Lowes – Week 8
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Volunteers, staff and visitors alike at Loch of the Lowes have been on tenterhooks this week as we waited for the first signs of egg-hatching on our resident ospreys’ nest. …
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 …
Loch of the Lowes Osprey Sighted on their First Migration North
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It was with great excitement that we received news earlier this week of a sighting of 2021 Loch of the Lowes youngster ‘Blue LR2’ in the north west of Spain. …
Osprey Diary at Loch of the Lowes- Weeks 4 & 5
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It’s been a blustery few weeks at the Loch of the Lowes Reserve full of intruding ospreys, but the couple have been keeping their eggs well protected 24/7 while also …
Osprey Diary at Loch of the Lowes- Week 3
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A week has passed since the Easter weekend at Loch of the Lowes, when we experienced a mixture of beautiful sunny weather, some heavy showers and plenty of action in …
Easter Egg Surprises- The Arrival of the Third Egg and an Unwanted Guest
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It was another beautiful morning on the Loch for the arrival of egg number three. Right on cue, almost 72 hours since her previous egg NC0 began to show the …
Second Egg for Osprey Pair at Loch of the Lowes
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What a treat for the Easter weekend, with the second osprey egg being laid at 9:39am on a stunning morning at Loch of the Lowes. The female osprey NC0 (named …
Osprey Diary at Loch of the Lowes – Week 2
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Our breeding osprey LM12 and NC0 have been settling back to life on the nest since their arrival a mere 6 hours apart on Friday 17th March. The pair caused …
Breeding Osprey Return to Loch of the Lowes on the Same Day!
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It’s been nearly a week since we welcomed the return of our breeding osprey back to the reserve for another exciting season! The staff were surprised to observe female osprey …