Osprey

Osprey-01

Osprey-04

Photographed from the hide at Loch of the Lowes in Perthshire in June 2005, this record shot (Osprey-01) actually shows the two chicks in the eyrie, and the situation here is far more photogenic than the Loch Garten site. Having said all that, I saw Ospreys on many of the lochs I visited during that visit, and I believe there are close to 200 pairs now breeding in Scotland.

Osprey-04 is a picture of a young bird at Shapwick Heath in Somerset in August 06 where it spent some time, feeding on small fish.

Osprey-10

Osprey-12

Back at the Loch of the Lowes in 2008, and the birds were showing well, although the male was not the best provider. In picture -10 he is carrying a fish, a small perch, that can hardly have represented even 1 "chicken nugget" to a hungry chick.

Whereas the bird below, at Insh Church was doing very much better. The pike being carried in here was around the 2-lb mark by my estimation.

Osprey-14

Osprey-15

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