Osprey at Scaling June 30th

[JohnM]

The Osprey first arrived at Scaling at 11.45 and between then and 5.00pm it made 4 or 5 visits. Each visit it made a few attempts at fishing, but each time it was unsuccessful, at one point it caught a very large trout and had difficulty lifting it out the water, after what appeared to be success it dropped it.

[JohnM]

The first shot shows the Osprey as it caught the fish
Shot 2 shows the first attempt to lift off
Shot 3 shows the result (the bird is underwater for a good while)
Shot 4 shows the second attempt at lift off

[JohnM]

a couple more showing the size of the fish. before it dropped it.