Monthly links to all the blogs and updates throughout the whole of the 2023 season, can be found on the August 2023 OP here
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2023 return dates: NC0(16) - 17.3.23 (07:43) Laddie (LM12) - 17.3.23 (13:43)
Well, what an end the 2023 season turned out to be! Who can forget the battle for the nest between both juveniles, PF4(F) & PF5(M), and then to see the total domination and aggression by the eldest when 'owning' the nest, not only to her sibling but also to dear Laddie when he provided her with fish. The season synopsis can be read in the final LotL Osprey Diary here. Did NC0 leave early to undertake her southerly migration on the 15th July, or could there have been another reason for her not to be seen on the webcam or around the reserve?
We wait in anticipation for Laddie and NC0's safe return to Loch of the Lowes. Let us very much hope for a 'fraught-free' 2024 season...
Nest Updates
Arrival dates: NC0(16) - 8.3.24 (17:52) Laddie (LM12) - 27.3.24 (16:38)
March Blogs and Updates (published dates)
9.3.24: SWT video >>> Female osprey NC0 returning to the nest
12.3.24: SWT/LotL blog >>> Breeding female osprey NC0 returns early
22.3.24: SWT video >>> Female Osprey NC0 has an Unexpected Visitor
27.3.24: LotL Fb >>> PH2(17) F, visited a nest in the Lake District (25.3.24). Link to Fb post here
28.3.24: SWT video >>> Resident Male Osprey LM12 Returns to the Nest
28.3.24: SWT/LotL blog >>> Breeding osprey pair reunited at Loch of the Lowes Wildlife Reserve
Cam went offline briefly this morning
New YT link
The nest has been tidied up and the balloon? has gone from the tree behind nest
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Another outage this morning, this one put to very good use (as pointed out by billy (billy_60) (but I don't think our visiting corvid will be pleased that his bark slabs have been stolen - he was there tipping them over on the first cam day but I haven't seen him since).
New URL.
Before and after:
IMAGICAT
Super news ~ thanks Billy and Scylla!
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From a distance I keep seeing the rear view of a raptor behind the perch
What bird called around 10 o'clock this morning?
Am sure someone will know,
I dont have a smart phone, but I saw free app not sure if any good
www.discoverwildlife.com/.../how-to-identify-bird-song
Thank you, dear SunnyKate2 - I am touched that you think I'm capable of taking time out to actually learn something
I think it’s an oystercatcher Scylla.
Hastily found on YouTube (I'm packing up now) - thank you, Glider.
youtu.be/2-2JoLe6NZI