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NestCam ...World's 'oldest' osprey lives out final days on webcam
Over 230,000 visitors follow live footage of the Lady of the Loch close to death at a her eyrie in a Highlands nature reserve...
That was June 2010 - She survived !!
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Over 230,000 visitors follow live footage of the Lady of the Loch close to death at a her eyrie in a Highlands nature reserve...
That was June 2010 - She survived !!
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[url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/mar/29/osprey-scotland-record-21st-time]March 2011- Guardian[/url] said:...One of the world's oldest ospreys, which has already laid 58 eggs and seen 48 chicks leave her nest, has returned to her roost in the Highlands, breaking her own record for longevity.
The osprey known as Lady, pictured on Tuesday, landed back in her eyrie at a wildlife reserve near Dunkeld on Monday after completing her 21st migration, ending a round trip of roughly 6,000 miles to and from her winter home in west Africa. And despite living three times as long as most breeding females, the 26-year-old bird of prey is again by her nest – now grown to the size of a double bed – preparing for her mate...
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