It's official. First breeding record of Little Ringed Plover for Loch Leven. Last Thursday (30th), four Little Ringed Plover chicks hatched, and by mid-morning the little white blobs could be seen darting about after the adult birds, on the small...

This blog comes from our young volunteer reserve guide Richard, 15, who volunteers on a Saturday with his dad Martin. A glorious sunny June morning the reserve is moving with life, summer has arrived ! Me and my dad went down to the 3 hides to update...

Just a quick update to yesterday's blog with some photo's of the recent Little Gull and the Little Ringed Plover from Sunday, 19th; all images courtesy of regular visitor Stuart Gillies. Little Gull Little Ringed Plover on Carden Flood

Lapwing Andy Hay (rspb-images.com) With May being Lapwing Month at Loch Leven, it should come as no surprise that this iridescent wader has been prominent, both visually and vocally, all month. So far 36 nests have been identified, of which 19 are...

Spring migration has been the main highlight of the past week. The Black-tailed Godwits are still around in numbers, with 28 being seen on the 29 th (April) and 22 on the 3 rd (May). Black-tailed Godwit feeding on Carden Flood (courtesy of David...