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
A small, headless fish at 16:13 - NC0 was screeching!
Just a tail end of fish, I think (cropped pic)
The cam zoomed in, tail of the fish could be seen as she took it from him
Gosh, it was a mere morsel. She carried it off in her beak
Egg #1 - bottom right, egg #3 - bottom left, egg #2 - top
Laddie cleaned his beak after he settled on the eggs
©SWT/LotL
A selection of zoomed in pics
He rested his eyes quite alot
Cam panned out at 16:29
Cam offline
Laddie was continuing to incubate when I checked at 16:47
New YT URL
17:10 NC0 on the birch
After calling on the birch, NC0 left there at 17:36
She glided past the left side of the nest
NC0 was calling nearby at 17:43 then flew off from where she had been - flying off to the right behind the trees
NC0 must have circled the nest as she came back into view
After disappearing from view, a crow flew close to the birch - she made another appearance over the outlet to give chase over and away from the birch
She had competed a full circle to appear again, heading to her diving branch of the birch
NC0 landed on the perch at 18:05, calling loudly for fish
A minute later, Laddie got up from the eggs and flew off. NC0's calls were probably ringing in his ears!
She was back to the eggs immediately
She was still incubating at 18:23 then the cam went offline again
19:10 No new YT URL as yet
Cam came back online at 19:56
NC0 still on the nest
20:11 She was fish calling
Cam went offline at 20:28
New YT URL (from 20:36)
NC0 still fish calling, 20:42
Pre night cam at 21:28. NC0 had been quiet for about 25 minutes prior to this
21:46 She's sleeping