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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 out newly ringed osprey chicks - LR1 and LR2
26.6.21 - NC0 catches a fish
PT4(19) arrives back in the UK. Blog by Joanna Dailey: An important visitor - Kielder Ospreys
9.7.21 - LR1 fledged at 52 days old, 17:01. Blog: First Osprey Chick LR1 Fledges
Blog: We have lift off
12.7.21 - LR2 fledged at 53 days old, c17:40. Blog: LR2 fledges
15.8.21 - LR1 migrated at 89 days old. Blog: LR1 has left on migration
22.8.21 - NC0 migrated. Blog: NC0 has left on migration
FR2(15) seen back in Scotland for the first time: Link
Laddie and LR2 migrated. Last seen on the nest: Laddie - 25.8.21 (c20:32), LR2 (98 do) - 26.8.21 (c20:08)
Blog: Farewell LM12 and LR2
Blog: Osprey Watch 2021 - a look at the data
3.9.21 - LR2 sighted in Southern Spain
25.10.21 - LR2 still in Southern Spain
As the 2021 Osprey season at Loch of the Lowes enters its final stage, it is reassuring to know how very well LR1 and LR2 are faring in the build-up to their first migration. Laddie (LM12) and NC0 (who, it is thought, will soon start her long journey south) are continuing to provide for, and protect, these wonderful (and loud!), young juveniles. Last month, it was fantastic to see the confidence in both LR1 and LR2 when they took to the sky for the first time, as well as watching them practise their spectacular diving skills into the Loch - sights to behold! With only a short number of precious weeks that we have remaining viewing Laddie, NC0 and their family on the webcam, let us hope everything continues to go well.
18:38 LR2 onto the perch. He flew in from behind the cam on the left
Preening
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He flew off at 19:20
LR2 headed towards the birch then when reaching there, he flew left out of view
Within moments, while calling, he took flight across to the opposite side of the Loch then did a quick u-turn back to the birch area. With him calling, I'm hoping that he spotted Laddie close by
Back to the nest at 19:43. It looked like he'd taken a bath, his feathers were quite wet
Onto the perch
A shake of his feathers
Flown at 20:08
He flew over towards the far trees on the left and, at one stage, I thought he'd landed there but he continued over the birch
Richard B
Hi Richard, I haven't seen him today. I was hoping, with LR2 coming back to the nest, Laddie would deliver a fish to him
Posted by Lowes on Twitter (also on their Fb page) a great first sighting of FR2(15)
Sandra P said:Posted by Lowes on Twitter (also on their Fb page) a great first sighting of FR2(15)
Great news! One of 3 chicks in the year that LM12 and LF15 first bred
Thanks for the information, Korky. I've just had a quick look through the blogs for 2015 and found that FR2 was the only one out of the three not to be satellite tagged. There's a lovely picture of them on the nest within the ringing blog here
Edit - It wasn't stated as to what FR2's gender was at the time, but looking at the pics posted today, it appears to be a male?
Sandra P said:
On the question of gender, looking at LR2's size, pronounced necklace and tendency to stay, I'm wondering if he might be female.
Morning Geemeff and all,
Yes, it is questionable isn't it though I did notice, when they were on the nest together, that LR1 was slightly larger than LR2.
From scroll back, at around 6:35, a GSW was on the perch. Possibly 2 Ospreys on the birch?
A Raven shooed it off
It flew off to the birch area. This scene was a few minutes later, LR2? on his favourite branch, Raven on the lower right
7:46ish I heard a few distant Osprey calls, nothing seen
8:26 A GSW popped onto the front edge of the nest
LR2 is 99 days old
BBL
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