Very unfortunately our dear Sandra is still unwell and undergoing more treatment and so is unable to start off Lowes for the new season ... with her permission I will do so and bring across all her great info from the opener of June 2024 thread, all her carefully gathered info is far too valuable to be left behind!
Get well soonest Sandra, we miss you xxx
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We must not forget ...
Since the 9th May, a dark, unringed male intruder (with a distinctive large pupil in his right eye and who the team at Lowes has estimated to be 2-3 years of age) has been a regular visitor to the nest. The Pale Male, who had ‘destroyed’ the three eggs on the 7th/8th May, has not been seen on camera again and it was mentioned that this new young male had chased him from the area.
He has delivered many small fish ‘gifts’ (three in one day on a couple of occasions) and a sizable larger one to NC0 - her calls expressed how grateful she was - but that did not stop her from catching her own huge meal on the 23rd May, to satisfy her appetite. His many mating attempts have so far been rejected by NC0 though this has not put him off from making continuous efforts. The Dark Intruder, as named by staff in the hides on the reserve, is showing great nest building skills - bringing in a multitude of various-sized sticks and soft nesting material.
Although the relationship is in its early stages, NC0 appears to have accepted him as a 'potential' future mate and they have been observed working as a team to defend the nest against seen, and unseen, intruders - all encouraging signs for the beginning of a possible new chapter here at Loch of the Lowes.
Nest Updates 2024
Arrival dates: NC0(16) - 8.3.24 (17:52) Laddie (LM12) - 27.3.24 (16:38) RIP Laddie (LM12) - remains found 3.5.24
Eggs laid: Egg #1 - 17.4.24 (10:48) Egg #2 - 20.4.24 (10:53) Egg #3 - 23.4.24 (20:47)
*Two eggs were destroyed on 7.5.24; the third one on 8.5.24, by an unringed, Pale Male Osprey. All were deemed unviable due to being chilled and left for long periods without incubation
Last seen dates: NC0(16) - 13.8.24 Dark Intruder - TBC ... see Scylla's video below
Links to blogs and updates during March, April, May
June to end of season Blogs and Updates (Published dates)
20.6.24: LotL Fb >>> Update re NC0, DI and two female nest intruders
17.8.24: LotL Fb .>>> Migrations?
17.8.24: SWT YouTube >>> Last Osprey Sightings of the Summer?
20.8.24: LotL Blog >>> Osprey LM12 died of natural causes
23.8.24: LotL Fb >>> Dark Intruder still at Lowes
2013 photos & vids here
eff37 on Flickr
Was watching this afternoon and saw NC0 fly in with large piece of fish and was seriously dive-bombed by a Raven ,,, can't give definite time but maybe 4.30 to 5.00 ish I did record some footage but unable to edit & post just now!
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I hope to do some extracting later, WENDY - thanks for the heads up
IMAGICAT
It's like pulling teeth, editing footage across the network, so I've only done enough to show how quickly she caught her fish again. Some Raven interactions but I don't think I've got the serious divebombing - plus I know I stopped the recording manually a couple of times, once when I heard some unusual bird calls, but I forgot to check for it and now it's crash time here.
PS - I haven't seen her yet this morning.
Many thanks for vid Scylla
NC0 had problems with the Raven soon after flying in this morning ...
-06.20ish flown for breakfast !
Looked at rollback and saw that NC0 had spent the night on her perch, looked to be quite wet & miserable, still can't work out time of day or night from the footage!
WendyBartter said:still can't work out time of day or night from the footage!
I have no idea how our dear (((Sandra))) was able to do it almost to the second
Editing in VirtualDub2, I can see the duration at the point I'm focused on and also the total duration of the clip, then I look at the time the recording ended in Windows Explorer, then it's a little arithmetic problem. But because we're in hours and minutes I find it very difficult to get my head around - a shame, I wasn't that bad at arithmetic at school.
©️ScottishWildlifeTrust-LowesI'm going to have to do a test to check that timeline is in line with real time - remembering how this cam has been buffering, so they may be out of kilter: