Hi All
I am in the middle of making a photographic hide at a Little Lochan i have near Loch Garten, after watching and studying the Ospreys habits all last summer, i decided to dig out the hide over the winter months and it will be finished by this weekend, long before the Ospreys arrive back.
I am now thinking of building a veiwing hide further back from the water, after careful study i have now decided on a spot that will allow people to see an Osprey dive and take a fish as it happens with no fear of disturbing the Ospreys while they are fishing in the early morning.
I will be taking more advice from the Osprey experts before even starting the viewing hide, but i think alot of people visiting the area would love to see what i watched all summer, to almost guarantee that you will see Ospreys dive and take fish early in the morning is something special.
If this new project goes ahead i am more than willing to make a donation to the Osprey centre, in a way i am making a donation to the Ospreys every morning in the way of fish.
Right now its just a thought but i have been watching Ospreys in the Local area for many years, and would like others to see what i see, without any disturbance to the birds,
Thanks All.
Gordon.
Hi Gordon
I remember from your post from when you joined the forum that you were building a hide to watch your beloved Ospreys, you are so lucky to see the Ospreys like you do.
Am i right in thinking i have seen photos of your hide you are making on another forum?
you have certainly worked hard on your project, i look forward to seeing some amazing photo's of your Ospreys
Hi Sugar,
Well the photographic hide is nearly done, and i am thinking on building a viewing hide... not happy with digging out 26 tonnes of earth by hand, i want to start a new project, i am sure people would like to see an Osprey dive and catch a fish that don't really want to take pictures, just watch early morning.
Yes a have pictures of the hide on another forum.
Thanks Sugar
Hi Gordon.
You are a very nice person to do all that for the beautiful Osprey's and stocking up with plenty of fish for when they return! I like your idea of building a hide for other people to see them fishing. Well done to you! :-)
If nothing goes right, go left! :-)
I'll be at the front of the queue lol
& i'll be there every morning if i could ,
what a great thing you are doing, i don't envy you with digging all that out,
looked like hard work on the photos,
I'll have to save up my pennies now to get up there & see what you have achieved
I am right behind you Sugar! lol :)))
Speyghillie You are doing a tremendous amount for the Osprey and now you are thinkng about ..ney.. doing all this to share the pleasure you get with others! WoW..I think as far as you wanting to contribute more to LG, I say you have already done enough, and when you allow people in to benefit from all your hard work then I'm sure their/our voluntary donations via a box or something will be ok to then if you wish to give to LG. I really admire you for doing this and I too would love to visit, I only wish I lived closer, I would love to watch the Osprey fish first hand! Have you seen the fish pond in Finland that was online last year? it was well stocked and the fish were jumping up in the air right out of the water, an easy place for young Osprey to learn how to fish! I've had a look for the link but can't find it, it's off line now for winter but I will have another look when I've more time and put it on when I find it. or Tiger may help me out?. I will also go and look for those construction photo's too. Thank You!
http://scottishwildlifetrust.org.uk/things-to-do/wildlife-webcams/loch-of-lowes/
NightOwl Is it this one?
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Brilliant Tiger thanks! yes that's the one :) what thread are the construction photo's on I can't find that either.
NiteOwl said: Brilliant Tiger thanks! yes that's the one :) what thread are the construction photo's on I can't find that either.
I am sorry I do not really know what you mean. Could you explain a bit more what you mean?
Above Sugar says she had seen Gordens photo's of the work he's doing, and he says yes they are on another forum, perhaps looking at it again they mean another forum site, I'm not sure.
It would be good to see those photos. Any chance of you posting them on here Gordon?
ChloeB & Tiger's Osprey Data