Hobbies / Books (Gardening, walking, books, films, theatre etc.)
oy, seen them on three continents First time I saw one local was 6th Sept(my birthday) about twenty years ago.I was at Pennington watching the Spit when all the waders took flight, I walked out of the hide, looked up expecting to see a Kessy or Sparrowhawk and was amazed to see an Osprey. Watched it for about 45 mins, even seeing it dive for but miss a fish. Then several years later I was over Scotmans Flash and saw a large bird land on the pylon, close to the graveyard. After crossing Moss Bridge I walked along the canal towards Poolstock and then got a shock to see an Osprey still sat on the pylon. It sat there for a while then went fishing and actually caught a fish and returned to the same pylon to enjoy it's catch. When I looked at my watch I had been observing this truly majestic creature for nearly two hours but what a day
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