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
17th April
Morning Scylla and All, it's day 21
Laddie delivered a beautiful, headless fish at 5:24 - NC0 did not vocalise at all
scylla said: dear Laddie's so desperate for an egg that he's trying to lay it himself, aww
I think he would if he could, bless him!
NC0 returned at 6:29
Cleaning her beak
Mating prior to Laddie leaving at 6:31
NC0 at present, 7:21
©SWT/LotL
At 7:54, something caught NC0's eye and she flew off
Edit: She returned at 7:59
A possible intruder around at 8:02, Laddie to the nest
No threat seen
Laddie flew off at 8:06
NC0 at present, 8:12
Off to work now, hopefuly there'll be an egg today. BFN
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Sandra said: hopefuly there'll be an egg today
Booking this space while I sort myself out... but I think we have an
I had just lit up the Lowes screen and tested the Live button, and as I watched she sat down and started "heaving"...
But I can't do a timelined snap or a video because my dang internal network is down so I can't access the files from there to here. Typical!)
Off to get coffee.
IMAGICAT
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Where are you, SANDRA?! Well I know, but I can't wait for you to arrive
SWT didn't twig until 11:13, when they zoomed in.
Aw fantastic news Scylla.At last!! Congratulations NC0 and Laddie and everyone concerned!
Sandra, lovely news for you to catch up on during your lunch break.
Video with timeline but no zoom or crop - almost the full labour included, mustn't miss grunts
Inserting an SWT zoomed view but it's still not really close:
Yippee
2013 photos & vids here
eff37 on Flickr
At last
Here's Laddie