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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
26th March
Morning All, a much better day weather-wise
7:33
©SWT/LotL
Cam is currently down
Cam back up
billy said:Cam back up
Thank you!
New YT URL
NC0 brought a piece of bark to the nest at 14:59
15:03
ENS at present, 15:16
She left from the cam post about 1512hrs to chase something from the dead trees in the top left.
Many thanks, Michael S.
NC0 to the nest with a 'live' fish, 16:09
16:16 Tucking in
NC0 flew off the nest with her fish at 17:11
It wasn't long until a corvid landed and found some discarded fish innards
Off it went with its meal
NC0 back again at 17:14
17:38 At present
Edited in: 17:42 Continuing her meal
NC0 took her fish off the nest at 18:46 after having a quiet look around
She flew directly left
It wasn't long before a cheeky corvid looked for any leftover morsels of fish
Ahh, found a tid-bit
NC0 came back, still with the remainder of her fish in her talons, at 19:16
Once again, after quietly looking around, she flew off to the left
NC0 wasn't on the birch pre-night cam at 19:21ish