Osprey over Montrose Basin
Montrose Basin has been a popular area for ospreys for years!
What do they eat?
Virtually any fish they can carry back to land. Here, Montrose Basin, ospreys have been sighted to hunt flatfish, trout and salmon at low tide.
Lunch time! Stunning footage of the osprey feeding at Montrose Basin.
September 2013
When is it best to spot?
April through to September at low tide, as the channels to the estuary narrow as the tide recedes, improves their chances of catching fish in a shallower/narrower area. The previous year, views from Visitor Centre of an osprey feeding was an almost daily occurrence during low tide!
(c) Gus Guthrie 2014
Where is the best area to spot an Osprey?
Here in the Visitor Centre! Complete view of the Montrose Basin, spot with the naked eye and our optics to view in greater detail.
Posing for our camera! I guess if you looked as good as he does, why not?
July 2013
For more information on Ospreys, especially in Loch of the Lowes, visit SWT blog: http://blogs.scottishwildlifetrust.org.uk/osprey/
Raymond
Visitor Centre Volunteer Intern
Montrose Basin Visitor Centre
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Preface
Montrose Basin has been a popular area for ospreys for years! What do they eat? Virtually any fish they can carry back to land. Here, Montrose Basin, ospreys have been …