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...
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
Thank you Scylla and Geemeff for your fab videos! I'm sure NC0 enjoyed her super-sized meal
My, what a big fish, she well deserves that one.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
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I have flagged Tylor's post immediately before this one. It's also in News from Other Nests.
IMAGICAT
Me too, Scylla.
11th March
Morning All,
NC0 arrived on the nest perch at 6:15ish. She had flown from beyond the corner of the birch area
She spent a long while there looking and preening
Onto the nest
NC0 flew off to the birch at 7:00
She's still there at 7:22
©SWT/LotL
NC0 flew in just after 06:00, stayed on her perch for over an hour, pottered briefly on the nest, flew off to birch perch. She's still looking wonderful today
Sandra (Sandra B)
Both of our posts about the spam post are missing, and they are definitely not behind a "View More" link.
I'm off to kitchen for a while.
I can see them, Scylla.
I obviously got hit by the same gremlin that got ALAN yesterday - I can see them now.
reported as well doh!