Continued from March/April 2023
Webcam page with links to LotL Visitor Centre and Wildlife Reserve FB, Twitter and Blogs >>>
https://scottishwildlifetrust.org.uk/things-to-do/watch-wildlife-online/loch-of-the-lowes-webcam/
For the latest 'live' YouTube link, visit >>> SWT YT Channel
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NC0 surprised us all when she arrived back at Lowes first, with Laddie making his initial landing exactly 6 hours later. She laid her three beautiful eggs after almost near-perfect, precise intervals of 72 hours between each one. Both Laddie and NC0 have regularly exchanged incubation duties and have been very attentive to protect their eggs, and nest, from multiple intrusions during April. The hatching window will open around the 10th May, all being well.
Nest Updates
Arrival dates: NC0 - 17.3.23 (07:43) Laddie - 17.3.23 (13:43)
Eggs laid: Egg #1 - 4.4.23 (09:32) Egg #2 - 7.4.23 (09:39) Egg #3 - 10.4.23 (09:10)
Hatch dates: Chick #1 - 13.5.23 (11:59 fully out of shell 12:11) Chick #2 - 16.5.23 (04:19) *Egg #1 - DNH*
Link to blogs and updates during March/April
May Blogs and Updates (published dates)
6.5.23 LotL blog >>> Osprey Diary at Loch of the Lowes – Week 7
8.5.23 SWT video >>> Time for a Wing Stretch and Pre-Hatching Egg Close Up
11.5.23 LotL blog >>> Who’s Been On My Nest? A Closer Look at the Threats and Intrusions Faced by a Pair of Breeding Ospreys
12.5.23 SWT video >>> Osprey Chick Communicates with the Outside World
13.5.23 LotL blog >>>Osprey Diary at Loch of the Lowes – Week 8
13.5.23 SWT video >>> First Osprey Chick of the Season Hatches
14.5.23 LotL blog >>> Concern over male osprey, LM12
15.5.23 SWT video >>> Fish Supper and First Feed for Osprey Chick
16.5.23 LotL blog >>> An update from the osprey nest
17.5.23 SWT video >>> Second osprey chick hatching 16 May 23
20.5.23 LotL blog >>> Osprey Diary at the Loch of the Lowes – Week 9
27.5.23 LotL blog >>> Osprey Diary at Loch of the Lowes – Week 10
Morning Glider,
I scrolled back and found this from 2:08 - NC0 had gone on a comfort break.
I noticed, in Richard's super pic on the previous page (timed at 4:20), that the pointed end of the shell was behind/attached to the fatter end (Edit: or vice versa)
©SWT/LotL
NC0 went for a comfort break at 7:04 - cam zoomed in on the two little ones
#1 on the right
Laddie arrived (no fish) and NC0 came back too
Laddie flapped his wings. He did chip but all was well
NC0 fish called
Laddie flew off at 7:10
7:35 Current scene
8:07 Same scene as above. NC0 is quietly brooding/incubating.
Edit: NC0 made a few calls at 8:09 Off to work. BFN
Hoo rah. Best news ever . thanks Sandra
but, definitively please. Is Laddie injured or not ? Or can we rely on Staff (like Glaslyn did for Aran) providing fish for the family?
Morning all, and welcome little Bob 2, how great to see everything settled here. Laddie looking to be better, fish being delivered, with the help of the first one, or more, one full bob and a new one. Hopefully all good now..
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Just to confirm Catlady - you've actually seen Laddie deliver a fish he has caught ?
Thanks for your post
Mmmm, I want to know too Billy , thanks for your question