I took a trip to Rutland Water on July 17th, arriving at 9am after a long drive. It was to be a long day as I didn't leave until about 8.00 that evening. It was worth staying there for such a length of time as I spent most of the day watching the three juveniles from the Manton Bay nest practising their flying skills in front of me - they were diving into the water, catching sticks and weed and sometimes completely immersing themselves! I ended up taking nearly 1000 photos and it has taken me a long time to sort out which ones to post. I hope that by posting these I can show you all what it looks like to watch young ospreys developing their fishing skills - not everyone can get to somewhere like this and just watch them.
Keep your eyes open as there are a lot more photos to come. I hope you all enjoy these.
"Birds are, quite simply, little miracles - and as such they require care and consideration."
Magnus Ullman
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Limpy: these are all just fantastic. Thanks so much for sharing.
Lovely memories for you, thanks for sharing :-)
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Limpy thanks such a miserable day here but your pics cheering me up.
What a great day you had, Limpy! Thanks for all the photos! They give the rest of us something to hope for!
Kind regards, Ann
Plenty more brilliant captures, Limpy. Thank you
Limpy beautiful photos of the young ospreys practising their fishing skills! Thankyou!
Thanks for posting, Limpy! They are just great! What a day you had.
Hi all many thanks for your kind comments, there still more to come and I think better ones.
Wowsers!
Limpy, Not only did you have the patience to watch the osprey all day. ( I know you did enjoy the day ) but you must have the patience of a saint to post all your photographs on this site !!! Thank you