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
Lowes did say that there could be further testing after the initial switch-on, Wendy, perhaps this was another one of those tests?
Edit: This has been posted on the Lowes webcam page
'Unfortunately, we are experiencing a few problems with our webcam at present. Please be patient as we try and fix the problem as soon as can. Thank you for your patience.'
Anyway, it is back online now
New YT URL
©SWT/LotL
Thank you Sandra, I really appreciate the link too.
A pleasure, Helen G
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Cam down again. There is a new URL but it's merely buffering so am not posting it yet.
EDIT
It seems to have settled down now.
New URL
EDIT 2
It's gone down again.
IMAGICAT
Thanks, Scylla.
Edit: It's gone down again after only 7 minutes.
Yup
BTW
When I came back to edit my New URL post, it wasn't there - and you, Sandra, had said Ta for it ???
Oooh, how odd! It is there now.
13th March
Morning All,
This is the current YT URL
It's a very windy and damp start to the morning. NC0 arrived on the nest at 6:35ish. She moved over to the back right and held on tight, facing into the wind. She flew off to the right after around 5 minutes
At 7:05ish, a corvid paid a visit
Uh-oh...
NC0 down from the cam post
'Get off my nest!'
7:07ish Hmm, back to tease our lovely girl who has a misplaced feather
Present scene, 7:45