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Ospreys At Loch Of The Lowes

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Hazlinny | 14:25 Tue 13th May 2025 | Twitching & Birdwatching
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Following on from Melv's original post, two eggs are now in situ in the osprey nest (should hatch in about 5 weeks).

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Feeding time - lovely evening up at the loch.

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Beautiful evening at the Loch - waiting for supper to be delivered.

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The two together - lovely morning up there.

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Waiting for breakfast .......

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Fish for tea - yum, yum ...

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Both having a look around over the loch ...

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^^^^   One minute they're both there - next minute one has flown!!!

I bet the minute I get up to get a drink it'll be off and I'll miss it.  

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Goodness me - osprey had left nest and big crow barging about - hope it hasn't eaten the egg!

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Osprey preening on log - no sign of egg.

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So sad....  information from Loch of the Lowes Centre

 

It is with a heavy heart that we write to let you know that the remaining osprey egg was predated at 17:16 this evening.

Despite promising behaviour that suggested the resident female might have been sensing that a hatch was potentially underway, LF25 had been spending longer and longer periods off the egg over the last few days, culminating in her flying off territory this afternoon, leaving the egg unprotected from potential predators.

We are not sure why there had been a sudden change in her behaviour, whether she sensed something was not viable with the egg, if something spooked her, or whether her inexperience as a first time breeder contributed to failure at the last hurdle.

Although the crow did not manage to make off with the egg, or eat it, the egg was damaged and has been buried out of reach, deep within the edge of the nest.

Both LM24 and LF25 have been back to the nest since and briefly tried to 'incubate' the empty nest cup.

Sad news.

Thanks for the update, hazlinny....that's sad news 😢

Thank you for the long interesting but very sad post Hazlinny. xx

Nature red in tooth and claw - still very disappointing though. Sad.

Alternative from over the pond.  The bird was tidying up the nest just now and I thought I could see at least three eggs. Bird seems tired, a bit earlier it (he or she?, I have no idea) kept dozing off then suddenly jerking its head up again (a bit like me some evenings😀).

https://www.earthcam.com/usa/maine/lamoine/?cam=lamoine_osprey     

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Thanks Canary - let's hope no nasty crows up there ... there seem to be quite a few other webcams in the small screens.

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Back at the nest and mother looking sad.

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