Monthly links to all the blogs and updates throughout the whole of the 2023 season, can be found on the August 2023 OP here
Webcam page with links to LotL Visitor Centre and Wildlife Reserve FB, Twitter, Blogs and to Donate >>>
https://scottishwildlifetrust.org.uk/things-to-do/watch-wildlife-online/loch-of-the-lowes-webcam/
For the current 'LIVE' YouTube link, visit >>> https://www.youtube.com/@ScottishWildlifeTrustvideos/streams
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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
And so is that, just needs a couple of Ospreys on it to make it perfect!
2013 photos & vids here
eff37 on Flickr
20th March
Morning All,
7:19 NC0 (and her remaining fish) flew to the nest from the birch. She spent about 20 seconds looking around before heading off
©SWT/LotL
Morning Sandra and thanks for the updates.
Popped over here to check but just like MB (and other threads) no early posts from Scylla. Hope she's ok
Hi Karen,
Scylla has 'liked' my morning post.
NC0 back again at 8:05
Still there at present (8:11)
Off to work. BBL
Cam's gone down.
IMAGICAT
It's back on, NCO currently on nest
Cam has gone offline
I still had the continued streaming without an 'offline break', as reported by Scylla, and managed to capture these zoomed captures of NC0. I think it was around 13:18?
Onto the nest
Cam came back online at 15:45
New YT URL
16:25 NC0 on the perch
Edit: I've just noticed the date and time at the top of my post! (An hour ahead but clocks will be going forward this weekend!)