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
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Sandra said:At 20:20, Laddie flew over the nest and then landed when whoever was, was shouting,"Woooo.... woooo, hooooo!" a number of times at the top of their voice!
I had completely skipped this whole post in favour of your bold one. That'll teach me
And I checked rollback @ 08:16 but it didn't go back the full 12 hours, Laddie was already on the nest listening to a chihuahua barking, probably.
IMAGICAT
Not to worry, Scylla, lovely to see an excerpt of Laddie's posing session!
Mating at 10:12
10:34 Laddie on the nest at present
©SWT/LotL
Laddie flew off, directly left, at 10:56
Off-cam mating could be heard before his flyaway over the Loch was seen at 10:57
Cam's just gone down.
New YT URL
Thanks Scylla.
Laddie on the nest, preening
11:29 NC0 stick surfed her way to the nest
Laddie attempted to mate but slipped off NC0
11:52 NC0 alone on the nest
Posted on LotL Fb
12:31 Laddie came down from the cam post to mate - NC0's expression was priceless!
Haha, NC0!!
Sandra, this was on X/Twitter a wee while ago from SWT/Lotl re the sighting of a ringed intruder you saw.
I had been hopeful that they would’ve been able to identify it.
Hi Glider, Yes, I'd have hoped so too especially as there was a close up shot of her ring as she flew down from the top right of screen. It was probably too blurred for them as well.