LOCH OF THE LOWES - March 2020

Sandra 01/03/2020 10:42

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 25/03/2020 12:34

Back with a single tiny chirp. Possibly brought another stick, he certainly shifted one.

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patily 25/03/2020 14:45

I was looking at all that grass again I hope it isn't going to be a danger to little chicks
Did anybody see that programme about eagles the other evening.....may have been Friday....?.and a young chick became entangled in its mother's breast feathers and they were around its neck The mother was panicing and walking aboutthe nest and dragging the poor little chick around, tightening the feathers around its neck Just as it looked as though the worst was inevitable the male arrived and somehow this dislodged the chick My heart was in my mouth ....big sigh of relief
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Richard G B 25/03/2020 16:25 in reply to patily

I'm sure Scylla has a picture from last year, but the grass in the nest was as bad as this I seem to remember, and they soon sorted it all out.

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Sandra 25/03/2020 16:34 in reply to Richard G B

Yes Richard, Scylla posted nest comparison pictures (beginning of last season/the start of this - page 2 of the thread)

Here is the nest (a pic from my collection) as it looked on Laddie's arrival 15.3.19

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scylla 25/03/2020 16:59

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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Mike 25/03/2020 17:35

MC ? Treecreeper??

www.rspb.org.uk/.../

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Korky 25/03/2020 18:07

Yes I'd go for treecreeper too. Not a nuthatch although there are plenty of those in Scotland too. Their numbers are increasing and they are moving north. The current RSPB map of their distribution is somewhat outdated.
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Richard G B 25/03/2020 18:14

It's a Treecreeper.

Here is a close-up of one I took by my back door last year. About 3 feet away, it just didn't want to move

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Mike 25/03/2020 18:18

Great capture Richard. They are usually hurrying up a tree! Perhaps a tasty morsel lurking in the eaves.

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