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 …
Osprey Diary at Loch of the Lowes: So Long and Thanks for all the Fish!
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It officially looks like all our ospreys at Lowes this year have started their grand migration south! As sad as it is to see them go, it’s a relief to …
Close Encounters
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A wildlife reserve is called a wildlife reserve for a very good reason: it’s a space reserved for wildlife. A safe, undisturbed, healthy habitat brings many benefits to all wild …
Eldest Osprey Chick LP8 Fledges!
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The moment we have all been waiting for has arrived! 55 days after hatching and at 10:06am this morning, our eldest chick LP8 spread their wings and fledged the nest. …
Osprey Diary at Loch of the Lowes – Week 14
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The not-so-small osprey chicks at Loch of the Lowes are showing incredible progress, regularly practicing using their wings and getting ready to fledge. We expect it will only be a …
What’s on the menu? Osprey diets at Loch of the Lowes
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Ospreys are a species of raptor that you may have heard being referred to by nicknames such as ‘sea hawks’ or ‘river hawks’, and this is not without reason. They …