2019 season summary: Laddie (LM12) arrived back from migration on Friday 15th March; Lassie (LM15) on Saturday 23rd March. Lassie laid 3 eggs on 4th, 7th and 10th April, hatching 11th, 12th and 16th May. Sadly, on 26th May the third chick died. The remaining two chicks were ringed on 26th June as follows: #1 Blue PT4 (M)* #2 Blue PT5 (M)*. They successfully fledged and subsequently set off for their first migration on 14th/15th August. Laddie left around the same time as the youngsters and it is thought that Lassie had already started her journey south approximately 2 weeks prior.
* Updated to both being female © Uk Ospreys
Webcam page with links to LotL Visitor Centre and Wildlife Reserve FB, Twitter and Blogs >>>
https://scottishwildlifetrust.org.uk/things-to-do/watch-wildlife-online/loch-of-the-lowes-webcam/
Both Ospreys (unringed) have been a breeding pair on this nest since 2015, after the iconic 'Lady' failed to return.
Laddie/Lassie identifying features (LotL Blog, April 2019 - (C) SWT/LotL) >>>
https://scottishwildlifetrust.org.uk/2019/04/whos-on-the-nest/
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Looking forward to Laddie and Lassie's safe homecoming and a very successful 2020 breeding season
Laddie (LM12) arrived back to LotL at 15:33 on 21st March. Blog here>
https://scottishwildlifetrust.org.uk/2020/03/lm12-is-back-at-loch-of-the-lowes/
scylla said:
A llittle episode that caught my attention a while ago - I thought the offender might be a Nuthatch but research tells me they don't live in Scotland :-/
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They are seen in Scotland Scylla, and slowly working further North each year. I have photographed them in Ayr and also Melrose.
EJ's Memorial Balgavies Loch Ospreys 2023
Birdies LG DU update.
Great to know the Ospreys will continue to be monitored throughout the season
Link to today's Blog basically saying the same as their Fb post (an amazing photo on there as well!)
https://scottishwildlifetrust.org.uk/2020/03/corona-virus-update/
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Good Morning Patily and All
I see Laddie has been adding some of the soft furnishings now.....
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Thank you to everyone for the Nuthatch/Treecreeper info and super live pictures !!!
I shall try to memorialise that fly-off for you, PATILY ;) but this morning (after a well-and-truly overdoing-it-day yesterday) I woke up to this:
Laddie didn't think much of Microsoft either!
Yesterday he caught my eye tending clumps so I've just done this little vid - including flyoff but it's a faint one, being late afternoon:
Look at Laddie's lovely layout ('lliteration ) at this point - he's got his priorities right with the fencing, no doubt to be built up on even more - let's hope it holds!
He's been busy this morning, maybe gone fishing now.
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