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So, we now enter August knowing that we will only have the pleasure of watching this beautiful family all together for a limited number of weeks.Both LP8 and LR0 have transformed into two strong, independent individuals. Their attentive parents have continued to provide for and nurture them and this, in turn, has given the juveniles a basis to continue their growth into full adulthood, wherever they decide to settle during the next couple of years.Last season, NC0 began her southerly migration on the 22nd August; Laddie on the 25th (these dates were their last webcam sightings). We can only hope that all of the 2022 family have safe, unhindered journeys to warmer climes, aided by fair winds as well as an abundance of fish along the way, and that we will welcome Laddie and NC0 back to this stunning Loch of the Lowes location in the spring of 2023.
Nest Updates
Arrival dates: Laddie - 13.3.22 (c12:00) NC0 - 23.3.22 (18:14)
Three eggs laid: Egg #1 - 12.4.22 (18:34) Egg #2 - 15.4.22 (16:05) Egg #3 - 18.4.22 (12:14)
Hatch dates: Chick #1 - 19.5.22 (10:26) - 37 days Chick #2 - 21.5.22 (03:24) - 36 days Chick #3 - 23.5.22 (19:46) - 35 days
15.6.22: At 23 days old, chick #3 passed away
27.6.22: Our osprey chicks have been ringed! (Genders not able to be positively determined, ? both males)
Chick #1: LP8 (39 days old) - wing measurement = 360mm, weight = 1.5kg
Chick #2: LR0 (37 days old) - wing measurement = 315mm, weight = 1.44kg
Fledge dates: LP8 - 13.7.22 (10:06) 55 days old LR0 - 15.7.22 (13:55) 55 days old
Migration/Last Seen dates: NC0 - 11.8.22 Laddie - 26.8.22 LP8 (100 do) and LR0 (98 do) - 27.8.22
August Blogs and Updates:
Links to blogs and updates during March/April, May, June, and July
12.8.22: Last Supper From NC0? (SWT video recorded at 17:20 on 10.8.22)
23.8.22: Osprey Diary at Loch of the Lowes: Week 21
25.8.22: Blog - Homeward Bound – Ospreys on the Move
9.9.22: End of Season Blog: Osprey Diary at Loch of the Lowes: So Long and Thanks for all the Fish!
Sandra P said:NC0 last seen at the nest - early afternoon on the 7th August
Oh gosh. Just spotted that! End of season is fast approaching. Thanks for all your posts re this nest Sandra.
Good morning!
I was testing sound my software this morning (nobody knows what I go thru!) and came across this little episode, a bit of a song 'n dance by one of the youngsters:
IMAGICAT
Morning Scylla,, very flighty wasn't it! lol Thank you
10:45 A dive from the birch
Whoever it was, flew over the inlet until out of view. No one returned to the nest
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Posted on LotL Fb this morning
Last season, NC0 was last seen at 8am on 22.8.21
In 2020, due to the nest not being occupied, her last presumed sighting was observed on the 3rd August
13:25 Intruder to the nest, it appeared to be the same one as yesterday though have to double check to see if this one was unringed - LP8 was already on the nest and had to defend it.
Edited in: Ringed on left leg?
Shoo!
It went up to the perch
Off it went
It came back flying round to head up to the cam post - clearly blue ringed, left leg
LP8 clearly didn't want it there, its reaction clearly showed that throughout the intruder's visit. I'm also wondering if it was a juvenile? Cream coloured tips to its wing feathers?
At 14:32, LR0 could be heard fish calling above the cam (he has a more raspy call than LP8). With the reaction of LP8 on the 'intruder's' approach to the cam post, I'm a bit perplexed! Perhaps it was just by chance that LR0 arrived just after the intruder flew off?