LOCH OF THE LOWES - AUGUST 2022 TO END OF FEBRUARY 2023

Link to July 2022

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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 Broken heart

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                        

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August Blogs and Updates:

Links to blogs and updates during March/AprilMayJune, 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!

  • Morning all,

    LP8 was first to the nest at 5:24 and found the discarded fish tail

    Having finished it off, LP8 left the nest for a short while but, came back again to receive a 'live' fish from Laddie at 5:48ish. LR0 arrived too late to make a claim

    LR0 waited on his chance to take the fish and succeeded at 6:30ish

    7:52 There have been no further fish deliveries. I wonder if NC0 will make an appearance today?

    BBL

    ©SWT/LotL

  • 13:43 There haven't been any Osprey visits to the nest since LR0 made a brief appearance at 9:28

  • 14:19 LP8 and LR0 (front) have been on the nest since 13:50, occasionally fish calling

    14:25 LP8 has since flown

    ©SWT/LotL

  • 16:38 Laddie to an empty nest with a fish. He stood there for less than 30 seconds then began to alarm call,

    Just as he flew off nest (with the fish) an unringed intruder arrived. Laddie dive bombed it twice - first from the front of the nest and then from behind. The intruder flew off. 

    It made a couple of contact calls

    Laddie was heading to the nest, unringed intruder's reaction

    A female?

    Laddie's wing, on the right

    He flew up

    Laddie back around. The unringed intruder took flight

      

    The intruder could be seen travelling at great speed over the Loch and headed towards, and then beyond, the birch corner

    ©SWT/LotL

  • Both LP8 and LR0 have been on the nest since 17:10, fish calling. They became very vocal at 19:56 when there was a landing on the birch (whoever it was, flew from beyond it, low over the Loch)

    20:00

    Whoever it was, flew from the birch at 20:02 and headed back around the birch corner

    LP8 left the nest at 20:31

    Laddie has not been back to the nest. Both juveniles are hungry

    ©SWT/LotL

  • 21:11 LR0 on the perch calling for fish, LP8 is above the cam, doing the same

    ©SWT/LotL

  • 21:14 LR0 took flight and could be seen talon dipping

    21:17 LP8 (right) was on the nest, LR0 returned. As LR0 landed, LP8 raised its wings at the same time

    21:22 Watching and waiting

    ©SWT/LotL

  • 21:26 A small 'live' fish from Laddie

    LR0 looked wet (furthest from the cam)

    Both went for the fish

    The fish flapped (seen on LR0's right)

    It flapped again and landed under LP8

    LP8 picked it up

    Laddie flew in the direction of the opposite side of the Loch but then headed right

    At 21:40, LR0 made an attempt to take the small morsel of fish that was left

    21:43 Having eaten all of the fish, LP8 flew from the nest

    A spot of talon dipping as it headed low over the Loch

    ©SWT/LotL

  • LR0 left at 21:45ish, made a quick circular flight close to the area of water to near the birch area and came back to land on the perch

    After a quick preen, landed onto the nest

    Then headed off again at 21:48ish

    At 21:51ish, LP8 landed on the perch, LR0 could be heard above the cam - fish calling

    LP8 then left the perch at 21:54 and headed to its usual roosting spot

    ENS since then

    ©SWT/LotL

  • Good morning,

    LP8 - 83 days old; LR0 - 81 days old. NC0 last seen at the nest - early afternoon on the 7th August (only on my observations)

    7:47 ENS at present, no fish deliveries yet. Both LP8 and LR0 have been on the nest, searching for scraps - LP8 found the tiniest of morsels on the edge of the nest (7:18ish)

    Hoping for, ideally, a huge fish delivery from Laddie (or NC0 for that matter) so that LP8 and LR0 can share.

    ©SWT/LotL