Rutland Water
Not even sure what I had planned today - just fancied seeing some osprey. It was my first visit to the Lyndon Visitor Centre at Rutland Water. The staff were welcoming, helpful and charming. The sun was blazing, the winds light. Birds were in song. Most evident were willow warbler with a least eight singing males within a 1km radius from the vistor centre. Blackcap were also widespread, at least 15 singing males noted there. The bay was like a millpond. A walk over to the Makepeace hide for the nesting osprey . The female protecting three eggs with the male in close attendance. Then the switch around. A proper family unit. The live footage within the hide and visitor centre are testament to the technological investment that the wildlife trust have made to sharing the continuing success of the local osprey population in and around Rutland. There are now up to 22 birds present in the area with the hope that the...