The season so far:
LM12 (Laddie) arrived back on the 16 March and LF15 (Lassie) on the 23 March. Lassie laid three eggs on the 4th, 7th, and 10th April. The first egg failed to hatch however the second hatched on the 13th May and the third on the 18th May.
Laddie and Lassie are again proving to be excellent parents and throughout this month we will see them transform into beautiful young juvenile ospreys and hopefully learn of their sexes and IDs when they are ringed later in the month.
Some useful links:
Loch of the Lowes Webcam
SWT Loch of the Lowes Website
ChloeB & Tigers’ Loch of the Lowes Nest Stats
Loch of the Lowes 2017 Threads – March, April, May
Chicks asleep whilst Lassie preens at the side
Quick check here and I see all is looking very peaceful. Lassie stands looking around while guarding her two sleeping beauties
(c) SWT - Loch of the Lowes
Lassie continues to keep a watchful eye over her chicks who are still sleeping :-)
They are alert now Karen.
© Scottish Wildlife Trust - Loch of the Lowes
Looks like Laddie brought in a fish.
Laddie just brought in a very nice whole fish
Lassie feeds #2 while #1 tries to shelter from the sun. #1 is HUGE.
Birdie Num Num's brilliant DU summary 2017
I'm not used to being here in Osprey land but I happened to drop into the Loch of the Lowes in the passing today so thought you may like to see a few photos. I don't know who's who or what's what but the photos were taken around 4:30pm today. There was a 3rd Osprey flying around but no usable photos were managed.
My bird photos HERE
Thank you Paul. Your first picture shows the male, Laddie coming in to the nest with Lassie standing waiting.
Birdies LG DU update.
Feed under way.
Thank you Paul, great photographs, hope you enjoyed your visit.