Dave Sherry
Well-known member
Hello All,
My wife and I went to a friends wedding this weekend at Dunkeld, just north of Perth in Scotland. When we had a spare couple of hours we journeyed the two miles to the Loch of Lowes visitor centre. We were amazed and delighted to see a pair of Ospreys with three chicks in the nest!!
Needless to say, I took some photos, which, as usual have turned out pityful, but nonetheless, you will get the idea. The Ospreys looked great through the telescope and there is a live video link in the hide.
Well worth a visit if you can spare the time and are in Scotland. We have never seen Ospreys in the wild before and we were both just gobsmacked by their beauty and grace. The chicks kept their heads down for the most part but when one of the adults returned with food they began to jump about in the nest. They weren't the only ones - we did as well! Anyway, the chicks looked pretty big to my untrained eye and after feeding did a lot of wing stretching, so I don't think it will be long before thet fledge.
Below are a couple of the photos, cropped and compressed. Apologies for the quality but the reality was better.
Heres hoping some of you get to go.
Cheers, Dave B B o
My wife and I went to a friends wedding this weekend at Dunkeld, just north of Perth in Scotland. When we had a spare couple of hours we journeyed the two miles to the Loch of Lowes visitor centre. We were amazed and delighted to see a pair of Ospreys with three chicks in the nest!!
Needless to say, I took some photos, which, as usual have turned out pityful, but nonetheless, you will get the idea. The Ospreys looked great through the telescope and there is a live video link in the hide.
Well worth a visit if you can spare the time and are in Scotland. We have never seen Ospreys in the wild before and we were both just gobsmacked by their beauty and grace. The chicks kept their heads down for the most part but when one of the adults returned with food they began to jump about in the nest. They weren't the only ones - we did as well! Anyway, the chicks looked pretty big to my untrained eye and after feeding did a lot of wing stretching, so I don't think it will be long before thet fledge.
Below are a couple of the photos, cropped and compressed. Apologies for the quality but the reality was better.
Heres hoping some of you get to go.
Cheers, Dave B B o