Osprey Sprotbrough Flash Sept 09

Juvenile Osprey graced Sprotbrough Flash (South Yorkshire) for nearly two weeks during end of September (Last reported Oct 1st) drawing a steady stream of birders, general public and photographers alike, the later making the most of the great photographic possibility’s of the bird which showed very well during its stay. Nat her brother (his first Twitch ha ha) and myself saw the bird on 26th Sept, we missed the bird by ten minutes late morning (Bird was seen fishing at nearby Denaby Ings during its stay) so a pint of Black Sheep ale in the boat Inn was the order of the day! a second walk up to the hides still didn’t produce any sightings so we left and went back a few hours later. This time we scored and the bird was seen very well flying up the Flash then perched in a tree & on the Owl box after catching a fish from the canal.
Cracking bird and a very welcome visitor lets hope this bird remembers Sprotbrough and makes a pit stop next year!