Scotland 2025

 A trip to the Trossachs Osprey Hide proved fruitful with three fly overs and one dive (apparently, we were lucky with the dive as I got talking to someone else in the hide who had been there three times and had not seen one Osprey let alone a dive). I only wish I had used a shorter focal length lens instead of the 500mm as I chopped off the Ospreys wings in some shots. A bite of bait in a picnic area after the hide visit produced some canny insects. Later that evening I went looking for Beavers with a couple of friends and it turned out to be a canny night.

Female Blackcap.

This male Kingfisher kept us entertained while we waited for an Osprey.

The highlight of the morning a diving Osprey catching a fish.

Plant Bug.

Rhagio tringarius Fly?

Leaf Hopper.

Small Signal Fly.

Scathophaga Sp. Fly?

Beaver.

Scotland 2025

 More from our Scottish holiday in July.

Blotch-winged Hoverfly.

Udea lutealis Moth.

Emerald Damselfly.

Ichneumonid Sp.

Green Leafhopper.

Another Osprey taken while I was looking for something else so all the wrong settings used.

Dark Green Fritillary.

Scotland 2025

 A holiday in Scotland would not be the same if we didn’t visit Loch of the Lowes to see the Osprey. Unfortunately, this year the Ospreys have not raised any young, the female did lay two eggs but neither hatched. They are however looking after the nest and their territory. The male still brings fish to the female while she is on the nest (he tried but failed when we were there) and twigs are still brought in by both male and female.

Male coming to the nest with a stick, she wanted a fish.

Male on the right female on the left.

He landed on a tree 

And looked to see if he could see anything in the loch.

A failed attempt to catch a fish.

But he was soon caught

Then overtaken by a duck.

He did this quite a few times.

Another tree.

Another failed attempt.

Female bringing in a stick.

And another one.

Female calling for food, she was unlucky while we were there.