LIVE OSPREY WEBCAM AT LOCH GARTEN
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- Location: Loch Garten, Abernethy, Scotland
- Source: RSPB Video
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Live osprey webcam in Abernethy in Scotland. The osprey nest shown is located at Loch Garten.
Ospreys were successfully recolonised at this location back in 1954 so RSPB Loch Garten may be considered as the home of ospreys in the UK.
To see more ospreys in the British Isles, visit : Live Osprey Webcams in the UK
For more information and facts about ospreys visit the Osprey Fact File from Scottish Wildlife Trust
More info: Loch Garten is a large Highland freshwater loch near Boat of Garten, in the Strathspey area of the Cairngorms National Park. The loch is surrounded by the tall pine trees of the Abernethy Forest, a large area of which forms the RSPB Loch Gaten Nature Reserve.
The name ‘Loch Garten’ has long been synonymous with ospreys. The first pair built their nest there in the 1950s and so began the recovery of the osprey as a breeding raptor in the UK.
The nest site has been continually monitored and protected by volunteers throughout the osprey breeding season ever since 1958.
Ospreys are migratory and Loch Garten osprey chicks from previous years have been identified as far away as Senegal in West Africa, where many Scottish-hatched ospreys migrate to, at the end of the UK summer
Video of an osprey fishing in spectacular slow motion
Additional information:
The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
British Trust for Ornithology
British Bird of Prey Centre
Visit Scotland