Ribchester Osprey, 5 May CLICK IMAGES FOR LIGHTBOX
MORE SKY-GAZING IN RIBCHESTER WAS REWARDED BY ANOTHER OSPREY TODAY, our third of the spring from the benches and by far the best view so far! Sat by the school at 4.55PM, Phil and I were scanning a beautiful blue sky dotted with cotton wool cumulus clouds, blown in by the northwest wind. Meanwhile, Alexander was telling Liz how he preferred her boxer dogs to birding, when it glided in from the east over Gary Paul’s field. It drifted over the allotments and had a look at the river before heading quickly over the village, mobbed by a couple of Black-headed and Lesser Black-backed Gulls, not far above the roof tops! I am guessing someone else must have seen it pass by? It looks like an adult and it will be interesting if it has been seen anywhere else in East Lancs recently. Although it doesn’t have any rings visible, hopefully these photos can be compared with any others taken?
Stopping to take a look at RADAC property
Gulls hate Ospreys, purely because they look like eagles and have a 1.5m wingspan, they prefer to eat fish of course!
There were some happy faces on the riverbank today but you have to be a little lucky to be in the right place at the right time!