Pandion haliaetus (OK - an Osprey)

With apologies to any readers - it's the Osprey again.

In the second week I managed to get a routine going, if watching an Osprey can ever be routine. Keeping the hovering bird in the viewfinder and waiting for it to disappear downwards, then finding the bird in the water and capturing the emergence. I hasten to add that this was not always successful, my photography that is, the bird seemed to be an expert at catching the premium protein of the lochan.

 

Only on this occasion it all seemed to go wrong. I found the bird in the water but it was struggling to get airborne, in fact at times it sank out of sight. Then it became apparent that it had bitten off more than it could chew, in its talons a monster trout and it was obvious who was in control of this battle  - the trout! Finally the bird managed to almost get clear of the water only to collapse with the effort and it realised that the only course of action was to let the fish go.

That's one large trout!