Osprey Shortened Migration
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With the breeding season all but over and ospreys embarking once again on their epic migration south, it’s a good time to look a little bit deeper at some of …
Osprey Diary at Loch of the Lowes – So Long and Fly High
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It has without doubt been a strange season with many twists and turns, from the very early arrival of our breeding pair female NC0 and male LM12 on the 17th …
Osprey Diary at Loch of the Lowes – Weeks 19 & 20
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The last few weeks continue to be a challenging and testing time for the osprey family at Loch of the Lowes. When we last wrote NC0 (the resident breeding female) …
Osprey Diary at Loch of the Lowes – Week 12
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It’s been another fine week weather wise in Highland Perthshire, with sunny weather dominating over the weekend, followed by cooler, more overcast (but still very dry) conditions in the latter …
Osprey Diary at Loch of the Lowes – Week 10
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After a period of uncertainty, we left our osprey family last week with the good news that the male LM12 appeared to be recovering well from his injury, was back …
Who’s Been On My Nest? A Closer Look at the Threats and Intrusions Faced by a Pair of Breeding Ospreys
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Like incubating or fishing, nest defence is one of the key tasks that ospreys must undertake to ensure the survival of their eggs, and later of their chicks. At the …
Osprey Diary at Loch of the Lowes – Week 6
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The wind continued over the weekend, but the nor’easterly wasn’t the only thing ruffling feathers at the Loch of the Lowes. Intruding ospreys, dropped fish and military planes flying over …
Meet the 2023 Osprey Species Protection Officers
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This year we welcome an international team of Species Protection Officers (SPOs) to the Loch of the Lowes Reserve. The SPO team will be working with over sixty volunteers to …
First Egg of the Osprey Season
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Female osprey NC0 has laid her first egg of the season at our Loch of the Lowes Wildlife Reserve in Perthshire. Staff and volunteers at the reserve, as well as …