The Ospreys of Rothiemurchus WILDLIFE IN THE BRITISH ISLES – GREG COYNE, WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER
Every summer there is one wildlife subject that I just have to go and see. I pack my gear and head up the M6 into Scotland and keep heading north until I reach Aviemore in the Scottish Highlands. Most people who have heard of Aviemore know it as a skiing area but each spring the stunning osprey flies back from Africa to their breeding grounds in the UK. Some head to Wales, some stay over at Rutland, and some head much further north into Scotland; the same birds return to their same nesting sites year after year, often with the same partner. They usually arrive in the UK in early April and stay for around five months before departing our shores again to fly back to Africa.
