Taken today, at Rutland water.

Nice photo Ian. Great birds ospreys.

Thanks Paul is the closest i have ever been to one

Beautiful!

I am very lucky where I live--Ospreys are very commonly seen here, and in fact, my husband's workplace has an Osprey nest right next to the car park. The workplace is located on a river, which also has a salmon run.

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Thanks

You know how to make people dislike you dont you ? hehehehehehe

Wish they were as common here, we are very short in the Osprey dept

This post was last modified: 27-04-2008 01:01 PM by IanC_UK.

We have ospreys down here but only migrating through and in 10 years I've missed that crucial day. I went to rutland water but not when any were there but got a great view in the Algarve - the large fish dangling from its feet was a good clue!

I saw 4 Ospreys from the Hide at Rutland all at the same time made my year

An Osprey nest I spotted whilst in California a couple of weeks ago. No occupants at the time, as it was a bit early for nestlings.

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We don't get Ospreys down here in Essex, but if anybody on here who lives in or around Essex and has seen one, I would love to know!

great picture Ian,i live in derbyshire so not too far from Rutland it is many years since i visited there but your pic has made me determind to go there soon ,thankyou

thanks all

Celtic, definitely go and have a look you never know

This post was last modified: 30-04-2008 07:56 PM by IanC_UK.

I helped my friend with his annual BTO count of herons and egrets in a heronry next to one of my sites. We got onto the subject of ospreys - his bogie bird for the UK - and he told me about the journies of Logie, a female osprey, that he had followed on the radio.

Basically her movements have been tracked using satellite radio and GPS technology, I think by the Highland Foundation for Wildlife. It is all very fascinating and her journey can be viewed in detail at:

http://www.roydennis.org/Female%20osprey...202007.htm

yeah have been looking at that on and off over the last few week or so, is fascinating watching the routes they fly to get from their migration colonies.