[Peewit]

Hi there

The female Osprey at Loch of Lowes is unwell, and the outlook is looking bleak for her now.

http://www.thewebbroadcastingcorpora...om/swt/swt.php

She is a grand old lady now at the age of 27 years old, and she looks although she is sadly not going to last overnight.

If you look at the webcam she is struggling to breath now.

She has had chicks recently, but luckily has a mate who is very attentive of the chicks.

So sad

Regards
Kathy
x

[Angus T]

Well 3 days later, she is hanging on and has made good recovery.
Blog posting at link above

22 June 2010
3pm update
Our mum continues to do well today, feeding her chicks and herself. There have been 6 (I think!) fish brought by the Laird today and he seems happy to leave mum to do all the feeding once more. Can he sense that his mate has recovered?
As happy as we all are at the improvements she has made, we know that she is still no where near 100% and probably will never be again. Hopefully she can regain some of the body mass she has lost to keep her going for the next few weeks. If her episode was caused by an illness then there is a possibility that she may relapse, but I am staying positive that she will see her chicks fly and then she can rest easy. I think that regardless of what happens, this will be her final summer on the nest, but what a season she has given us!