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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 Sandra for all your updates this month.
Nice to see NCO has company but wish so much it was Laddie .
Do you know the latest date he has arrived over the years please?
Hi LAM, good to see you. The latest Laddie has arrived back is the 29th March, in 2018
Thank you Sandra and you too! That's good to know! Thought he was always a March bird! Good thing about him is he usually sky dances above the nest so if he's here we'll hear him and so will NCO ️
Nightcam came on at 19:04. NC0 was on the perch at the time and is still there at 19:20
19:26
©SWT/LotL
20:27
An owl - a Tawny I think, from the rear view, is visiting NC0 but hasn't managed to wake her up yet
It just did as I typed that.
IMAGICAT
Yes, definitely a Tawny! NC0 was busy preening
Uh-oh!
Sandra
Just went to check my footage and it's crashed again - at exactly 20:00 again !!!
Am going to do a Windows Update and then I'll record from rollback probably. See you later with a frowny face!
scylla said:Just went to check my footage and it's crashed again - at exactly 20:00 again !!!
Oh no...
Oh dear
20.26 A Tawny Owl is heard hooting in the distance, then at 20.27 the other one of the pair hops up on the nest on the right while the first keeps calling. NC0 is unaware of it until it hops over to the left. She starts threat-calling and flaps at the owl, who departs quickly. Zoomed in.