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 Post subject: LOCH OF THE LOWES, SCOTLAND~2010
PostPosted: Sat Jan 09, 2010 10:36 pm 
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 Post subject: Re: LOCH OF THE LOWES, SCOTLAND~2010
PostPosted: Tue Mar 16, 2010 11:50 am 
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Update from LoL site...Cam is up :loveshow:
We are currently awaiting the osprey's return to Loch of the Lowes for the 2010 breeeding season.

Be the first person to spot the osprey at Loch of the Lowes this spring and win a pair of Opticron binoculars! Email us with details of the date and time of the sighting, your postal address and also an image if possible.

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 Post subject: Re: LOCH OF THE LOWES, SCOTLAND~2010
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Beth, Thanks :grin: :loveshow: :loveshow: Then the other UK cams can't be far behind

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 Post subject: Re: LOCH OF THE LOWES, SCOTLAND~2010
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They think this is the female of LOL nest-Marge :bonnet:

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Beth, great news :grin: I know there was an osprey on the nest 3/20, but they decided it was just passing through.

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Amazing osprey, her 20th year on this nest :cheer :cheer

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The many happy returns of the world's oldest osprey
Record-breaking bird completes 3,000-mile flight from Africa to Scotland
– for 20th time


By Michael McCarthy, Environment Editor

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The female osprey has lived to three times the average lifespan of her breed and produced 46 chicks
Photo by Kevin Hacker
The bird is thought to be the oldest breeding female of her kind ever
recorded in the UK
.Ospreys' lives are often cut short by one of the numerous hazards they
face on their long migrations to and from West Africa. The total distance
she has travelling during her yearly migrations could have taken her more
than half way to the Moon.
"We are truly amazed at the tenacity and endurance of this particular
female osprey," said Emma Rawling, Perthshire ranger of the Scottish
Wildlife Trust. "Defying her age, she has made it back to us again, and
from initial sightings she looks like she is in remarkably good condition.
She is now waiting for her mate to arrive to begin her 20th breeding season."
Over the years, Ms Rawling said, this one bird has laid 55 eggs, 46 of
which hatched into chicks which have now left the nest. "She is a hardy old bird,
that's for sure, and I can't wait to watch her progress over the next few months,"
she said.
The osprey was spotted landing on her usual tree-top nesting site,
known as an eyrie, at 2pm on Tuesday. It is expected that her regular
breeding partner, a male osprey identified with a green leg ring, will arrive
within a week. This resident male will then chase away any other interloping
males before initiating the breeding process.
"Usually after mating, we would expect the female to lay between two to four
eggs in early April, and six weeks later the eggs should hatch," Ms Rawling said.
"However, as a very old bird, her fertility is now in doubt. We will be watching
the nest with bated breath to see if our female can hatch any chicks again this year."
Once the first egg is laid, Scottish Wildlife Trust staff, aided by nearly
70 volunteers, will stage a round-the-clock watch to safeguard the ospreys
and their eggs from threats including thieves and poachers who steal unhatched
eggs for private collections.
Using a camera hidden in the bird's nest, live footage of the events within will
be aired over the course of the season, both in the Loch of the Lowes visitor
centre, near Dunkeld on Tayside, and on the Scottish Wildlife Trust website.
"More than 20,000 visitors come to Loch of the Lowes each year to enjoy
watching the osprey, and our high definition nest camera makes viewing the
action a far more exciting and intimate experience," said Peter Ferns,
the visitor centre manager.
Once a common sight in Britain, the osprey was all but extinct by 1916
because of persecution. After receiving a renewed foothold in the Scottish
Highlands in the 1950s, the species has slowly spread back across Scotland
and there are now an estimated 200 breeding pairs. In recent years,
ospreys have also recolonised England and Wales.
High life: The Old Lady of the Loch
6,000 miles
Distance travelled by the Old Lady of the Loch every year during her migration.
She has flown an estimated 150,000 miles in her lifetime.
25 years
The bird's probable age.
55 eggs
The number of eggs she has laid, 46 of which have hatched.

http://www.independent.co.uk/environmen ... 26989.html

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 Post subject: Re: LOCH OF THE LOWES, SCOTLAND~2010
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Kitten, I hope the old man can keep up with her :lol: We'll see :grin:

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Nest Report from the LOL site


29 March

High drama on the osprey nest over the last 48hrs here at Loch of the Lowes. No, its not the arrival of 'our' male unfortunately, but yet another intruder osprey! A second female has been landing on the nest, and looking rather too comfortable on it. She is easy to recognise as she is very large ( at least the same size as our female) and very very dark in plumage, with a distictive black 'cap'.

The resident female has been frantically mantling ( standard defensive behaviour) but all her anger seems not to be having much effect on the bold intruder. Do we have a serious rival for the nest? Can our female hold on to her nest without her mate to back her up? Only time will tell.

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Patti, looks peaceful, hope so :grin:

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 Post subject: Re: LOCH OF THE LOWES, SCOTLAND~2010
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Osprey blog: Stop Press - We have an egg!
The first osprey egg of 2010 has been laid this morning , sometime between 7.30am and 8.40am.
During this time the female was very restless and obviously laying, but didn’t show us her lovely egg until 8.50am.
A very proud father has even just been in for a visit.


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She's an amazing osprey :cheer :cheer

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PLOUGHBOY, :clapegg:

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Marge is an amazing osprey. She's got to be setting some kind of record! What a history!

Comments made by locals on the Loch of Lowes forum are interesting, also. Many historical facts.

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Thanks for the video Ploughboy!! I missed it!! Just love this nest! :) :)

I must admit, I was getting confused reading the blog ... as most posts were referring to her as Mabel ... now I see her called Marge ... and on the Maine forum last season we had a women, Chrissy, who referred to her as Isla, and her mate was Angus. I guess different forums, etc., have different names for her. I posted a question about it and got an email reply ....

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Thanks for your enquiry about our ospreys at Loch of the Lowes. Neither
of the birds has an 'official' name- we've always tried to avoid it.
Many people on various forums etc, which are not under our control, have
given the birds their own labels. The veteran female is often called
Madge or Mable by some people, and her long standing partner was often
also called 'stressed' Eric. So far the 'new' male hasn't attracted a
name. There may of course be other names out there on other forums as
well.

We generally just refer to the birds as the resident male and female,
though in view of her status as the oldest breeding osprey in the UK, we
feel she has earned the title "Lady of the Loch".
We hope you enjoy your viewing of the birds this year.
Kind Regards Emma Rawling


In any case .... happy to see her first egg of 2010!!! She is indeed a special Lady of the Loch! :) :)


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THE DEAR OLD GIRL HAS TWO EGGS :cloudnine:

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 Post subject: Re: LOCH OF THE LOWES, SCOTLAND~2010
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THE DEAR GIRL HAS THREE EGGS :loveshow: JUNIE, on Hancock, reported and posted posted pics of the third egg laid this afternoon :cheer :cheer :cheer

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