July at Loch of the Lowes

lochoflowes Scottish Wildlife Trust’s Loch of the Lowes Visitor Centre is open Thursday-Monday (closed Tues-Wed) throughout July, 10.30-5pm. Due to Covid 19 restrictions, visiting periods are divided into Timeslots of 1hr 15 mins. Please book tickets in advance online to avoid disappointment.
Scottish Wildlife Trust Members, please remember that you are still required to book a ticket due to our numbers being limited at this time. Your entry is Free and can be booked online by scrolling down the booking form for the type of ticket and choosing ‘Member’. It will ask for your Membership number before the order is placed (your unique number is on your Membership card).
For booking tickets please visit: https://scottishwildlifetrust.org.uk/reserve/loch-of-thelowes/
July is always a wonderful time to visit! Of the 3 osprey eggs by NC0 and LM12, all hatched, but sadly the youngest succumbed to the spell of cold weather and sibling rivalry. However, the 2 surviving chicks are thriving and will be taking their first flights from the nest (fledging) and practicing their flying techniques in July.
Before leaving on migration in August, they must gain skills for diving down to the water and then powering themselves up, up and away to safety again.
Great crested grebe, goosander and other water birds have young and dragonflies will be wafting over the loch while butterflies and moths flitting over the meadow near the car park and amongst the new flush of undergrowth in the woodland. This year’s juvenile birds join the woodland birds at the feeding station making it a good time to see the new generation of yellow hammers, great spotted woodpeckers (juveniles have a red cap) nuthatches and bluetits, great tits and coal tits.
July 13th 7-8:30pm (online) Polly Pullar is talking about ‘A Life for Animals’. Polly is a field naturalist, writer, photographer and wildlife rehabilitator who grew up in Ardnamurchan. She contributes to a wide selection of publications and has written numerous books including the acclaimed A Drop in the Ocean.
For the Scottish Wildlife Trust, we are delighted to say she has kindly agreed to talk about her love of nature and her experiences rehabilitating wildlife. There will also be an opportunity to ask Polly questions and instructions on how to do this will be given at the start of the meeting.
This event will be conducted via a Zoom video link and joining details will be sent upon booking. Please note that this meeting may be recorded for public viewing later. Suggested donation: £2 per person (payable upon booking).
Please visit our website to book: https://scottishwildlifetrust.org.uk/our-events/pollypullar-a-life-for-animals/
Follow all the action at Lowes and on the osprey nest through our website scottishwildlifetrust.org.uk, Facebook: Loch of the Lowes Visitor Centre and Wildlife Reserve and Twitter: @LochoftheLowes

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