Paul Saunders 20/04/2023 Paul Saunders 20/04/2023

21st April

Weather sunny and windy again! Difficult fishing conditions. Osprey appeared about 8.15am for quarter of an hour, left with a fish from one of the settlement ponds after attempting several dives. Little or no photos of ospreys as we only open on Monday. Looking forward to updating our gallery soon!

Natalie Underwood 20/04/2023 Natalie Underwood 20/04/2023

Update on ospreys

And now at 1pm, have just seen one dive in front of hide and take a fish! Lots of Beaver and otter activity last night.

Natalie Underwood 20/04/2023 Natalie Underwood 20/04/2023

20th April

These rare sunny days in the Trossachs do not seem to suit our Ospreys, at the moment! Best times are late afternoon and early evening, just now.

Natalie Underwood 18/04/2023 Natalie Underwood 18/04/2023

18th April, lunchtime. We ended up with 7 visits from 5 different birds yesterday. Today so far, just 2 visits, it really is pot luck, though we are still only in April!

Natalie Underwood 17/04/2023 Natalie Underwood 17/04/2023

17th April 2023

Take a look at our gallery. Exciting footage from last night… beaver and otter in the pond opposite the new hide! This morning 3 different ospreys catching fish from the ponds. Unfortunately, no photos. Just need some expert photographers to catch them in the act!

Natalie Underwood 16/04/2023 Natalie Underwood 16/04/2023

16th April 2023

The ospreys arrived early this year…late March. Generally they have been visiting middle of the day to late afternoon, but a couple of mornings they have been here around 8 - 9am. We seem to have 3 or 4 adult birds fishing at the moment and expect more as the season progresses.

Natalie Underwood 27/03/2023 Natalie Underwood 27/03/2023

Building the Bird Hide

We have been visited by Ospreys regularly between April and early September for the past ten years. We have visits from various ospreys up to 8 times every day. They hang around until they catch a fish, usually from our settlement ponds.

We were visiting friends in the south of England, and they told us of a photographic experience they had enjoyed in a similar situation. We decided that allowing photographers and wildlife enthusiasts to view and photograph Ospreys would be a good idea.

It has taken us about six months from the inception to the realisation of Project Osprey!

Below you can see photographs of the hide being built.