Osprey in flight after a dive for fish at Rothiemurchus

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Osprey in flight after a dive for fish at Rothiemurchus - Osprey
Rothiemurchus Fishery, Aviemore, Cairngorms National Park, Inverness-shire, Scotland (August 2011)

1/1600s, f4.5, EV -1 2/3, ISO 160
Taken at 9:00 am

This image was selected as a Notable Photo by Birdguides. It was used in a Birdguides article about the conviction of an egg collector whose haul included eight Osprey eggs.

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
More information, including some tracking data, on Scottish Ospreys can be found on Roy Dennis' Highland Foundation for Wildlife website.

Osprey in flight carrying a fish at Rothiemurchus


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Comments

Photo comment By Jo Morton: One of the best Osprey photos I've seen! (Saw it in the 'rspb' article about the egg collector in BirdGuides this week.)Your picture cheered me immensely after reading such shocking news about this notorious gentleman!