What a great time we've had on the reserve for ospreys during the last few weeks...at one point it seemed as if one was visiting every day! On one day in particular, we saw the same bird three times, at 10.30, 12.30 and 16.00. The first time it managed to catch a small fish, but this obviously wasn't enough as we saw again two more times, although it didn't manage to get anything as the wind picked up making the water below very choppy indeed - not good for any sort of fishing!
Now, with all of the osprey excitement at Loch Garten, this pales in comparison. So, to put this into perspective we usually (if we're lucky) get about one or two osprey sightings PER YEAR at the reserve, so to see 3 in one day is excellent, and for the bird to keep returning to fish in the loch is superb. Our visitors got excellent views and one lucky person even managed to get a few shots of the bird carrying its 'catch of the day.'
Some of you may or may not know, that we have erected two osprey platforms on the reserve, one next to each loch, in the hope that we might be able to attract a pair to breed here. Fingers crossed with all of the recent activity, one of the birds has noticed our hard work and is considering using it as it nest next year.