Osprey (Red 8T) in flight with transmitter showing on its back

Osprey (Red 8T) in flight with transmitter showing on its back - Osprey
Rothiemurchus Fishery, Aviemore, Cairngorms National Park, Inverness-shire, Scotland (August 2011)

1/640s, f4.5, EV -1 1/3, ISO 1250
Taken at 6:30 am

Red 8T is a male bird. For more information on Red 8T, see Roy Dennis' Highland Foundation for Wildlife website here. There is also tracking data - Red 8T was reported as crossing the English Channel on the morning of 11 September 2011.

For more information on this bird species see the following links:
Osprey / Internet Bird Collection
Osprey / Bird Forum
ARKIVE / Osprey Pandion haliaetus
BirdLife International / Osprey Pandion haliaetus

Osprey shaking itself free of water in mid-flight


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