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
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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) >>>
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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/
patily said:SCYLLA do you remember the name of the female comiediene who used to say "stood standing" and "sat sitting"?
Hylda Baker :)
EDIT - I've made it big so's to catch Patily's eye.
IMAGICAT
Ian S said:Patily, Victoria Woods (a complete guess by me). Ian
Before her time, Ian :)
Quote MARY: I am away for a bit...
I was poised to forbid it till I saw the rest. I'm sure you'll create a lovely summer for yourself and hubby, in spite of everything :-*
MaryGK said:Laddie brought in a monster stick
Quite a heavy landing:
More elegant with a small stick a bit later :)
scylla said:
she knows, you know
Unknown said:she knows, you know
And so does KORKY !!! :-*
Unknown said:has anyone heard of any delays migration wise ..... not necessarily just Ospreys but generally?
Laddie brought in another stick and landed with interesting wings, thanks to frame-by-frame utilised in the interest of variety ;)
He stood waiting for 40 minutes, then flew off in a different direction from usual - I didn't see him fly out over the loch:
Unknown said:Cirrus said:has anyone heard of any delays migration wise ..... not necessarily just Ospreys but generally?
Cirrus said:has anyone heard of any delays migration wise ..... not necessarily just Ospreys but generally?
Not me, CIRRUS. And ALAN hasn't posted since yesterday morning.
EDIT - last season she was 8 days behind Laddie, who arrived on the 21st this season.
Another interesting landing when he flew in with a stick and several chirps a couple of minutes ago:
He was looking up, making my heart pitter-patter:
But then flew off...
Back 2-3 times, here with a long stick: