A Shropshire Osprey

[Dawesy]

Absolutely thrilled to see this Osprey make an appearance at one of my local reserves. I got the ring number of one of my shots and had it confirmed that it was a two year old Male bird that was hatched in the Tweed Valley in Scotland as one of two chicks in a nest. At that age he is not a breeding bird so I was somewhat surprised to see him in the middle of Shropshire in mid summer. He had been spotted in a few locations along the River Severn and I was lucky he turned up to try a spot of fishing at the reserve. He made two dives into the pool but unfortunately missed on both occasions although it was great to watch him circling , hovering like a Kestrel and then plunging into the water. Managed quite a number of shots and these are a small selection
Male Osprey (Pandion haliaetus ) by steve dawes, on Flickr
Male Osprey (Pandion haliaetus ) by steve dawes, on Flickr
Osprey ( Pandion haliaetus ) by steve dawes, on Flickr
Osprey ( Pandion haliaetus ) by steve dawes, on Flickr

[Daisy M]

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Great spot Steve & even better shots, it's no2 for me, love it when the hover. I am always in a boat fishing when I spot them up here, so have never got my camera with me, got soaked once when one caught a trout & flew over our boat shaking off the excess water.

[ctrollen]

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Excellent set, Steve. All good but I'm drawn to #3 the most. Still yet to see an osprey, let alone get a shot of one!

[the black fox]

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Number 2 and 3 for me Steve ,next time phone me LOL

[colin C]

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Very special to see your first Osprey in this country and even better to bag a few photo's to show for it.

[Dawesy]

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Very special to see your first Osprey in this country and even better to bag a few photo's to show for it.

Seen and photographed plenty in the UK Colin but a first in my home County of Shropshire

[Trev B]

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Excellent set Steve

[tesarver]

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Beautiful set Steve

Tom

[@imagesBV]

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Amazing.....and in my own home county too.....though now Im living next door.

[Stan]

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lovely shots Steve

stan

[Gordon_H]

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Fantastic Steve , love No.3 - a Natural habitat shot to me , just been reading that the Kielder youngsters are starting to head South .

[Nathaniel]

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Nice series Steve.

[Dawesy]

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Thanks all for the feedback

[Lepus]

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Must of been thrilling , well done for getting such nice photos , and interesting info .

[sparkygb]

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Great set Steve, no shots and never seen one fishing! #3 for me.