The bird, known as Lady, returned in March to the Loch of the Lowes reserve near Dunkeld, where she has nested for 22 consecutive years.

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The A9 was closed in both directions for part of Thursday afternoon between Ballinluig and Dunkeld after water flooded down from the hills, but has reopened.

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The general manager at the Birnam Hotel in Dunkeld, Perthshire, said he had to call in extra staff to cope with the surge in demand for rooms on Sunday afternoon.

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So the last place in the world I expected to see a somewhat philosophical message about waiting tables as a managerial and beneficial endeavor was in a teeny restaurant in a tiny little hamlet in Scotland called Dunkeld.

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