LOCH OF THE LOWES - March 2024

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

The Osprey Protection Programme at Loch of the Lowes is supported by players of People’s Postcode Lottery, with funds awarded by Postcode Planet Trust

All captures and videos ©Scottish Wildlife Trust/Loch of the Lowes

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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...

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Nest Updates

Arrival dates:  NC0(16) - 8.3.24 (17:52)   Laddie (LM12) - 27.3.24 (16:38) 

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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