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
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!
LR0 returned to the nest perch from the birch to continue to eat his fish at 19:30. LP8 had arrived on the nest a few minutes beforehand with empty talons - hopefully, it had eaten all of the fish it had flown off with
©SWT/LotL
LR0 finished all of the fish at 20:58 (feaking his beak here)
They both remained on the nest, fish calling. LP8 on the perch
20:38 LR0 (right) flew to the birch
21:12 At present, LP8 is on the nest, fish calling, LR0 still on the birch
Edit: LP8 flew off the nest at 21:15 and headed low behind the birch. It could then be seen having a couple of flights over the Loch, in that area, before flying low behind the birch again
patily said:I washappy to find both standing quietly when I looked in about 20 to 9 but then my laptop decided to do a windows update hence why I'm only posting now One was on the perch and one was on the log-perch at the back The one on the log walkedgingerly along its length to the left hand end They were both looking in the same direction......to the left Surely they weren't hoping for yet more fish?
Hi Patily, they're always hoping for more fish! lol Dear Laddie has done well to catch three today, especially with the very windy conditions.
A "flying insect" caught my eye - or so I thought!
I could spend hours trying to paint in the features which have been blurred by cam smudges... but am not going to:
IMAGICAT
One has joined t'other on the perch:
Morning Scylla and all,
A great headless fish from Laddie it was too! (6:34)
LP8 took it after a little skirmish