Continued from March 2024
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It was a very welcomed surprise to see NC0 arrive back from her wintering grounds on the 8th March, her earliest return to date! NC0 kept herself occupied while alone - catching some impressive-sized fish to eat as well as preparing the nest in readiness for future eggs. To note, her severely split blue darvic ring (as seen last season) is missing and she now only wears a BTO ring on her right leg.
It was a nail-biting time for us waiting to see if dear Laddie would make an appearance too and, little did we know, that it would be a further 19 days before he made his ‘grand entrance’ on the 27th, being ‘escorted’ to the nest by a flock of very vocal gulls!
Having settled into their usual routines on the nest and around the reserve, we now look forward to watching this season’s events unfold.
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Nest Updates
Arrival dates: NC0(16) - 8.3.24 (17:52) Laddie (LM12) - 27.3.24 (16:38)
Eggs laid: Egg #1 - 17.4.24 (10:48) Egg #2 - 20.4.24 (10:53) Egg #3 - 23.4.24 (20:47)
Link to blogs and updates during March
April Blogs and Updates (published dates)
17.4.24: SWT/LotL blog >>> First osprey egg of the season at Loch of the Lowes Wildlife Reserve
17.4.24: SWT video >>> NC0 Laying First Egg of the Season
20.4.24: SWT/LotL blog >>> Second osprey egg of the season at Loch of the Lowes Wildlife Reserve
20.4.24: SWT video >>> NC0 Lays Second Egg of the Season
24.4.24: SWT/LotL blog >>> Third osprey egg of the season at Loch of the Lowes Wildlife Reserve
24.4.24: SWT video >>> Female Osprey NC0 Lays Third Egg of the Season
30.4.24: LotL Fb >>> Regarding Laddie's absence
00:20 NC0 continuing to sleep well
©SWT/LotL
1st April
Morning All,
5:50 Laddie joined NC0. He didn't stay long
Very soon after day cam came on, 6:08, Laddie flew in to mate
6:34 NC0 jumped off the perch. Was her demeanor one of wanting to be mated?
Laddie obliged anyway
NC0 remained on the nest, no sign of Laddie until...
8:59 He delivered a headless fish
NC0 flew off directly left with her breakfish
She could be seen flying from right to left over the loch then, after a circular flight over by the birch area, landed on a branch
9:05 NC0 was back on the perch, with her fish
She was away again at 9:07
I've not seen Laddie on the limb of the nest tree before - he landed on there very soon after NC0 had flown off from the perch
Something of interest on the cam post?
Off to the limb
He turned around
Back onto the nest
Nestcupping
9:36 Don't let NC0 catch you resting on her perch, Laddie!
9:48
At present, 9:50, Laddie resting his eyes
Cam offline, 11:10
New YT URL
11:35 NC0 on the nest with the remainder of her fish
The cam went offline after 31 minutes of that new link.
This one started streaming again at 12:09 - NC0 was on the nest without her fish
Was there fish exchange between her and Laddie during the 'downtime' or just prior to going offline again? as at 13:43, Laddie came to the nest with a tail end of fish in his right talons
He flew off the nest with it a minute or so after
16:43 Laddie arrived to an empty nest with a very small portion of the fish in his left talons
NC0 made her way to the nest
She picked up the fish in her beak, Laddie had left it in the centre
Transferred it into her left talons
Then flew off with it. She landed on the birch
Laddie cleaned his beak
Having finished the small tail end of fish, NC0 returned to the nest with a large stick at 17:00
Laddie flew from the birch area and made his way up to the cam post
I've just noticed that the cam is offline again
Both Laddie and NC0 were on the nest at 17:47, prior to losing the stream at some point afterwards
18:48 It's raining. NC0 on the nest perch