Mikewander
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It's prime osprey territory with about 6 lochs in a few square miles, plus lots of forestry. They have nested in the past just a couple of miles away at Piper Dam.
Have personally had them mostly near the Port Allen pools, Mike - though I generally only manage to get down there once or twice a year (not at all in 2020 or this year). Ian Ford has had them in the small reedbed at Invergowrie Station later in the year when the younger birds are dispersing for pastures new, but you'll need a lot of luck/persistence to get them there I suspect. The Tay reedbeds are such a large area that in theory you could probably get them anywhere, especially outwith the breeding season, but I've not heard of anyone having them there (though my sources are rather limited).
Thanks guys.I only tried once on the Tay and failed, when looking for them in Norfolk I found early summer when they are breeding is easier to find them because you can hear them calling, once heard I'd just sit down and usually I'd get a sighting. They need grit to help digest their food, at Kinnordy some tables have been put out, they are good places to hang around.