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Osprey..
By: George Date: November 11, 2010, 2:38 am
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I was on holiday in Argyll this year, I was told by a friend
that a pair of Ospreys were nesting at Lochaweside, but where, I
did'nt know..
So I set out to find them.. I was heading for the south shore of
the loch, when I was stopped by a police officer, he told me
that the road was closed.. A train was derailed at the Ben
Cruachan hollow mountain tearoom, so I had to turn back..
I set off for the Kilchrenan road which led to the north side of
the loch..
After a few miles, I thought I spotted a likely looking large
nest at the top of a pine tree..
So, I set up my camera and tripod and waited, I did'nt have to
wait long, as an Osprey started to circle the nest, then landed
on it..
This pix shows it landing on an ajoining dead pine..
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Carrying nesting material..
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Circling above..
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On another pine tree.
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As an aside, this is what I really would have liked to get, a
Pine Marten..
Unfortunatly I did'nt see any, but my friend on Lochawesde gets
them almost every night, of course, not on the night I was
there.. So here is one of Alisons pictures of one of a family of
four, begging for marmalade at her window..
Alisons picture..
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George..
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