Scottish Osprey bursts from water with fish at Rothiemurchus
Rothiemurchus Fishery, Aviemore, Cairngorms National Park, Inverness-shire, Scotland (August 2014)
The hide sessions at Rothiemurchus were led by GJ Wildlife Photography. Day 1 morning session (4:30 am - 10:00 am) resulted in 5 successful dives for fish at 6:18 am, 9:12 am, 9:14 am (Red 8T), 9:16 am and 9:33 am (Red 8T again). Day 1 afternoon session (4:30 pm onwards) produced 2 successful dives at 6:11 pm and 6:39 pm (Red 8T). Day 2 morning session led to 3 out of 4 successful dives at 5:23 am (Red 8T), 8:50 am, 9:02 am (no fish) and 9:03 am. It rained heavily during the afternoon session of day 2 and there were no dives into the water although many were aborted.
Mike Dowsett was also on the trip. You can view his Osprey photos here.
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.
Image taken at 6:11 pm.
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The hide sessions at Rothiemurchus were led by GJ Wildlife Photography. Day 1 morning session (4:30 am - 10:00 am) resulted in 5 successful dives for fish at 6:18 am, 9:12 am, 9:14 am (Red 8T), 9:16 am and 9:33 am (Red 8T again). Day 1 afternoon session (4:30 pm onwards) produced 2 successful dives at 6:11 pm and 6:39 pm (Red 8T). Day 2 morning session led to 3 out of 4 successful dives at 5:23 am (Red 8T), 8:50 am, 9:02 am (no fish) and 9:03 am. It rained heavily during the afternoon session of day 2 and there were no dives into the water although many were aborted.
Mike Dowsett was also on the trip. You can view his Osprey photos here.
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.
Image taken at 6:11 pm.
Tv(Shutter Speed) 1/1600
Av(Aperture Value) 4.0
Exposure Compensation -1/3
ISO Speed 1600
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