Osprey lays fourth egg at Perthshire nature reserve, surprising staff

A female osprey, thought to be the UK's oldest, has surprised staff at a Perthshire nature reserve by laying a fourth egg.

Rangers at the Loch of the Lowes, near Dunkeld, spotted the newest addition to "Lady's" nest on Saturday morning.

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Scottish Wildlife Trust

UK's oldest osprey lays third egg at Perthshire reserve

Staff at a Perthshire nature reserve have discovered more eggs at the nest of an osprey thought to be the oldest in the UK.

The female raptor, named "Lady", surprised rangers by laying her 65th egg last Thursday at the Loch of the Lowes reserve in Dunkeld.

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Scottish Wildlife Trust

First osprey's egg of season laid

The first osprey egg of the year in Scotland has been laid in a nest at a secret site in the Borders.

Tweed Valley Osprey Project information officer Diane Bennett said the birds only arrived back from their winter sojourn on 3 April.

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Tweed Valley Osprey's

British garden birds are bouncing back

A national survey has recorded an encouraging rise in small bird populations in the UK.

In January, over 600,000 people took part in the Big Garden Birdwatch run by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB).

The results, published this week, show a promising increase in garden bird populations since last year.

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Sale Water Park - 31st March 2013

and Broad Eees Dole 

TRIP: SWP and Area
Date: 31/3/2013
Time: 4-6.15pm

Hawthorne Lane:

1 Goldfinch
3 Blackbird
2 Robin
Some Longtailed Tits nr Turn moss
Great Tits

A couple of unidentified birds, a larger brown walking down towards the Mersey, have to watch out for this one again.

Broad Eees Dole:

30+ Black Headed Gulls including 1 Lesser Black Backed Gull*
2 pairs of Teal
7 Canada Geese (more flew in later)
4 Moorhen
5 Coot
1 Grey Heron
2 Little Grebe
Mallards M+F

On the Lake:

2  Great Crested Grebe
1 Mute Swan
# Canada Geese
# Black Headed Gulls
3 Robin

Feeding Station nr Cafe/Visitors Centre:

4 Great Tit
1 Robin
1 Coal Tit*
5 Long Tail Tit
2 Blue Tit
2 Pied Wagtail
1 Nuthatch*

Around the area there were the usual's, Magpies, crows, wood pigeons.

*Some new ones for the list today:

Nuthatch, Coal Tit and Long Tail Tit and Lesser Black Backed Gull