Monthly links to all the blogs and updates throughout the whole of the 2023 season, can be found on the August 2023 OP here
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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
Cam went offline
New YT URL
See end of previous page for pre-night cam events
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Thank you for today's work, SANDRA - I won't delete anything in case you'd like to demand a video of any particular incident
IMAGICAT
Aww, bless you Scylla. I didn't see anything out of the ordinary but I did only have quick scroll through the footage
That was another super fish she caught herself - you got the best shot of it, Sandra (which you don't need me to tell you!), the next frame is clearer but some of the fish is hidden, dang!
NC0 waiting in the morning:
I got a nice bark shot:
27th March
Morning All,
NC0 hasn't been on the nest so far, as far as I can tell, but just saw her fly from the birch area, low past the left side of the nest
7:39 Fish still in her talons
7:43 Heard a ruffle of feathers so she's probably on the cam post
©SWT/LotL
Cam has been down and back up again. Current URL.
From LOL FB page
Thanks Billy for the LOTL FB post. Great to hear of PH2 back in the country and that NC0 was getting some sky dancing attention yesterday. Sadly approaching the end of the window for Laddie’s return. Still crossing fingers for him but hopefully NC0 will find a new mate this season otherwise.
14:36 NC0 on the nest
Edit: NC0 made her feelings known as a corvid flew too close to the nest, 14:41
billy said:From LOL FB page
Many thanks for posting this, Belinda.
Edit: I'm sure LotL will amend their post re the sighting of PH2 on Monday as she was first seen back in the UK as a two year old at the Loch Garten nest in 2019, the same year her brother, PH1, intruded at Lowes
The LG Fb post from 28.6.19
Edit 2: LotL Fb post now amended