Yesterday's Mixed bag

My first sighting of an Osprey this morning was of it flying off with a fish in its talons so that was the beginning and end of that shoot !

A local solo Mute Swan was more accommodating as it posed for reflection, preening and close up portrait images.

A  collection of Cormorants were having an early morning get-together but one seemed to prefer the company of a resident Grey Heron.

A raucous Jay departs excitedly with a giant acorn just as a large boxer dog arrived and scattered everything in sight.

I took a look at the old heavy weight boxer's powerful jaws and decided that was just fine by me and it was time that this particular old boy was heading for home anyway !!

Osprey with Fish

                                                          ' The one that got away '

Over the last month I have been working on the challenge to capture a few Osprey with fish images and the interesting fishing action image above is as close as I had got.

Well this morning after a two hour wait I finally got lucky when the Juvenile Osprey in the shots below hooked its talons into a nice Golden Rudd

My luck improved even more when it turned into the wind and flew in the direction of my cover and landed in nearby trees affording me some close overhead flight portraits

The skies were overcast and light levels respectively low but I was pleased to finally capture my        ' Osprey with fish ' shots for this migratory season.

Osprey Behaviour

There are few bird behaviour photo opportunities that better that of capturing images of an Osprey  fishing as it circles over a body of water.

We are now in our third week of watching these amazing birds in action but as yet an image of the bird exiting the water with a fish still evades me.

With perhaps a week or so of Osprey migration still in front of us I will be on their case looking for my Osprey with fish exiting the water shot.