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 >>>
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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
Morning Scylla and All,
I've been hearing a woodpecker tapping away!
Me too - drilling
IMAGICAT
Visitor at around 7:42ish
©SWT/LotL
I was about to post "Do you think there's something going on, Sandra?" - disappointingly, your corvid may be responsible for NC0's vocals.
Yes, quite possibly. NC0 couldn't have been sitting above the cam (or even close to the nest) at the time otherwise she would have shoo-ed it off quick-smart! lol
Edit: Off to work shortly, BBL
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Have a productive and stress-free day (if only?)
The corvid was a Jackdaw, didn't stay long and we don't hear NC0 during its visit:
I did just hear some chirps now, tho.
I didn't see or hear her arrive - she's been very quiet, just mini-pottering and standing watching:
EDIT
Then she flew off and back to the perch with a chirp.
She's flown - away to our left, not to the birch.
Webcam is offline. Awaiting new URL
Not having a lot of luck with live streaming just now, do they say what the problem is?
2013 photos & vids here
eff37 on Flickr