Setting off around 7 am it's just a little trip of 21 miles to Panshanger Park in Hertfordshire & once again we find the park without to much trouble, we park in a small car park that's free & we can see the lake as we start to walk over the field to look for the small hut with the Ash Tree near it, talking to a lady dog walker she tells us that the field at the right side of the lake is a no go area as some dogs had been getting to the sheep, so we take the left route & do a walk that turns out we really didn't have to do & it was a fair way for nothing as we find our self at the wrong lake.
On meeting a nice fellow birder who himself had found himself also at the same wrong lake as us.
The lady that told us the way to go had now caught up with us & tells us that Osprey Lake was the other lake & we need to head round the other side up a small hill & we can then look over the target lake as we walk round, as we head back down the hill we can see a small viewing platform & soon the little hut comes into view, as we look to the top we can see our car & we could of just walked straight down to the lake, so a real bum steer from the lady but she did stand & talk with us & was a very nice lady so no hard feelings.
We hang around with our new buddy named Jeff for the rest of the morning & by now a small group had arrived to look for the Osprey.
The first sighting we get of the bird is a distant one over the trees & high up but it looks like it's heading our way, it does come a bit closer but then we lose it behind the trees.
About an hour later our patience is rewarded when the Osprey flies around in front of us & heads right over our heads to give fantastic views to us all.
So three year ticks in the last week & two of them very near home that's not bad to keep the list moving.
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| Jimmy's photo of the Osprey |
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