Link to May 2021
History of Ospreys at Loch of the Lowes
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/
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Arrival dates: Laddie - 21st March NC0 - 25th March
Three eggs laid: Egg #1 - 11.4.21 Egg #2 - 14.4.21 Egg #3 - 17.4.21
Hatch dates: Chick 1 - 18.5.21 (37 days) Chick 2 - 20.5.21 (36 days) Chick 3 - 22.5.21 (35 days)
25.5.21 - Third chick passed away
22.6.21 - Chicks ringed: #1 - LR1 (female) #2 - LR2 (male)
Ringing Blog >>> Meet our newly ringed osprey chicks - LR1 and LR2
Last month, we saw all three chicks hatch but unfortunately, the third one very sadly passed away after surviving for just over two full days. Laddie and NC0 continue to nurture their two remaining chicks. Long may the good weather, as well as Laddie’s effective hunting, persist so we can continue to watch these wonderful osplets thrive.
Hope you are well, Patily. Good to see the site is working much better today
Around 7:20, just before NC0 returned, #2 stood up and prepared to do a PS. Unfortunately for Laddie, he was in the firing line and took a direct hit!
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Sandra P said:I'm ok Scylla
Sandra P said:There was a huge stick delivery from Laddie just before 12:30
This is what I've got on screen-capture at that time
So I trawled thru the un-timelined download looking for it and bumped into a couple of very shocked osplets along the way, here's 2 minutes of them:
This was the glimpsed face that hooked me:
Laddie with the long curly stick - then he brought another and pointlessly shifted a tussock:
Thank you for all your supersnaps, SANDRA, many of which I have not stopped to Like
IMAGICAT
Live snap !!! !!! !!! But not lively
(Well, it was live, but I've since tarted it up a bit, for clarity's sake.)
Gorgeous pics, Scylla, and thanks for the super stick vid! EDIT - the 'shocked' look of the osplets in your other vid was probably them watching NC0 sitting above the cam
Laddie delivered a fish just before 13:50
Both chicks were full after the feed!
Another fish (headless) at 16:05
Both chicks up to be fed
Sandra - my screen capture from YouTube went onto nightcam @ approx 12:30, exactly the same as yesterday
An excellent and very informative blog by Hollie, Species Protection Officer
'Birds of a Feather' - Everything you ever needed to know about feathers
Laddie with a stick approx. 18:00 He could be seen 'collecting' it from the birch after a flight past the far left trees just moments before