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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 finished his fish on the perch after flying off with it and then coming back at 15:29
15:51 Both in their same positions and have been fish calling
©SWT/LotL
At 16:05ish, LP8 was flapping around on the nest, its talons seemingly got attached to a piece of bark. It flew off with it
After a flight over the Loch behind the nest, landed again - the bark was still caught in its talons
Trying to get the bark free from its talons
Off the nest once again and came back to the perch at 16:11, bark free!
18:15 Both calling for fish - LR0 on the perch
Laddie delivered a fish to LR0 at 19:07
19:14 LR0 was being bothered by a crow while eating and so took his fish off the nest
He had a flight over the birch area, and at one point, I thought he was going to land on the feeding post of the birch itself. Instead, he flew past the trees on the opposite side of the inlet, and went out of cam view
I assume it was LR0 who landed on the birch a very short time later (flying to the perch from beyond the birch area
20:03 LP8 landed on the nest perch
LP8 remained on the nest, occasionally fish calling, until leaving at 20:40. LR0 was still on the birch
LP8 landed on NC0's diving perch
LP8 wasn't there long before taking a flight over the Loch in that area then heading behind the tree (marked)
21:13 LR0 on his usual roosting perch
21:20 For Scylla, one of those 'insects' flying past
Morning all,
LP8 is 98 days old, LR0 is 96 days old
Both have been on and off the nest this morning. ENS at present (8:58)
No fish deliveries as yet
There was a headless fish delivery from Laddie at 9:06 - LR0 was the recipient after flapping down to an empty nest from the cam post