Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) flying low above the water with a freshly caught fish in its grasp, Pirkanmaa, Finland, Scandinavia, Europe

Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) flying head on above a pond with a fish firmly grasped in its talons, Pirkanmaa, Finland, Scandinavia, Europe

A satellite tracked osprey (Pandion haliaetus) flying above a small loch with a fish in its talons, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Colourful, coral covered Reef wall at Osprey Reef, Longfin banner fish (Heniochus acuminatus), Coral Sea, Queensland, Australia, Pacific

Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) flying above a pond after a successful fishing trip with a fish grasped in its talons, Pirkanmaa, Finland, Scandinavia, Europe

Adult osprey (Pandion haliaetus) with fish, and yellow-footed gull (Larus livens), Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez) Baja California Sur, Mexico, North America

Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) perched at the end of a long branch extending from a pine tree in the Orleans Forest, Loiret, France, Europe

Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) exiting a small pond with its huge wings extended to create the energy to lift with a large fish, Pirkanmaa, Finland, Scandinavia, Europe

Adult osprey (Pandion haliaetus) with fish, Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez) Baja California Sur, Mexico, North America

Scuba Diver over Coral Reef, Osprey Reef, Coral Sea, Australia

Scuba Diver over Coral Reef, Osprey Reef, Coral Sea, Australia

Reef Stonefish, Synanceia verrucosa, Osprey Reef, Coral Sea, Australia

Grey Reef Shark during feeding frenzy, Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos, Osprey Reef, Coral Sea, Australia

Reef Stonefish, Synanceia verrucosa, Osprey Reef, Coral Sea, Australia

Scuba Diver over Coral Reef, Osprey Reef, Coral Sea, Australia

Scuba Diver over Coral Reef, Osprey Reef, Coral Sea, Australia

Grey Reef Shark, Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos, Osprey Reef, Coral Sea, Australia

Species-rich Coral Reef, Osprey Reef, Coral Sea, Australia

Grey Reef Shark during feeding frenzy, Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos, Osprey Reef, Coral Sea, Australia

Scuba Diver over Coral Reef, Osprey Reef, Coral Sea, Australia

Scuba Diver over Coral Reef, Osprey Reef, Coral Sea, Australia

Lionfish over Reef, Pterois vokitans, Osprey Reef, Coral Sea, Australia

Christmas-Tree Worm, Spirobranchus giganteus, Osprey Reef, Coral Sea, Australia

Grey Reef Shark, Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos, Osprey Reef, Coral Sea, Australia

Clown Anemonefish, Amphiprion percula, Osprey Reef, Coral Sea, Australia

Scuba Diver over Coral Reef, Osprey Reef, Coral Sea, Australia

Reef Stonefish, Synanceia verrucosa, Osprey Reef, Coral Sea, Australia

Whitleys Slender Basslet over Coral Reef, Luzonichthys whitleyi, Osprey Reef, Coral Sea, Australia

Scuba Diver over Coral Reef, Osprey Reef, Coral Sea, Australia

Clown Anemonefish, Amphiprion percula, Osprey Reef, Coral Sea, Australia

Potato Cod, Epinephelus tukula, Osprey Reef, Coral Sea, Australia

Greasy Grouper, Epinephelus tauvina, Osprey Reef, Coral Sea, Australia

Reef Stonefish, Synanceia verrucosa, Osprey Reef, Coral Sea, Australia

Scuba Diver over Coral Reef, Osprey Reef, Coral Sea, Australia

Scuba Diver over Coral Reef, Osprey Reef, Coral Sea, Australia

Scuba Diver over Coral Reef, Osprey Reef, Coral Sea, Australia

Christmas-Tree Worm, Spirobranchus giganteus, Osprey Reef, Coral Sea, Australia

Whitetip Reef Shark, Triaenodon obesus, Osprey Reef, Coral Sea, Australia

Tritons trumpet, Charonia tritonis, Osprey Reef, Coral Sea, Australia

Grey Reef Shark during feeding frenzy, Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos, Osprey Reef, Coral Sea, Australia

Shoal of Bigeye Trevally over Coral Reef, Caranx sexfasciatus, Osprey Reef, Coral Sea, Australia

Christmas-Tree Worm, Spirobranchus giganteus, Osprey Reef, Coral Sea, Australia

Yellow Soft Coral, Dendronephthya klunzingeri, Osprey Reef, Coral Sea, Australia

Grey Reef Shark, Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos, Osprey Reef, Coral Sea, Australia

Grey Reef Shark during feeding frenzy, Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos, Osprey Reef, Coral Sea, Australia

Grey Reef Shark during feeding frenzy, Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos, Osprey Reef, Coral Sea, Australia

Grey Reef Shark, Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos, Osprey Reef, Coral Sea, Australia

Pair of Blue Tilefish, Hoplolatilus starcki, Osprey Reef, Coral Sea, Australia

Pair of Fire Goby, Nemateleotris magnifica, Osprey Reef, Coral Sea, Australia

Elongate Surgeonfish over Reef, Acanthurus mata, Osprey Reef, Coral Sea, Australia

Whitetip Reef Shark, Triaenodon obesus, Osprey Reef, Coral Sea, Australia

Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) along the Madison River, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, United States of America, North America

Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) leaving a fishing pool with wings arched creating the power to lift the freshly caught fish, Pirkanmaa, Finland, Scandinavia, Europe

Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) chick practising flight, Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez) Baja California Sur, Mexico, North America

Grey Reef Shark, Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos, Osprey Reef, Coral Sea, Australia

Colored Coral Reef, Osprey Reef, Coral Sea, Australia

Reef Stonefish, Synanceia verrucosa, Osprey Reef, Coral Sea, Australia

Christmas-Tree Worm, Spirobranchus giganteus, Osprey Reef, Coral Sea, Australia

Potato Cod, Epinephelus tukula, Osprey Reef, Coral Sea, Australia

Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) leaving a small loch with a fish in its talons, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Adult osprey (Pandion haliaetus) with fish, Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez) Baja California Sur, Mexico, North America

Square-spot Anthias, Pseudanthias pleurotaenia, Osprey Reef, Coral Sea, Australia

Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) on nest along the Madison River, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, United States of America, North America

Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) landing on its nest, Lemhi County, Idaho, United States of America, North America

Adult osprey (Pandion haliaetus) with three chicks, Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez) Baja California Sur, Mexico, North America

Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) in flight, Lemhi County, Idaho, United States of America, North America

Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) taking off from its nest, Lemhi County, Idaho, United States of America, North America

Osprey (Pandion haliaetus), in flight to its nest, Isla San Lorenzo, Baja California, Sea of Cortez, Mexico, North America

An adult eastern osprey (Pandion haliaetus cristatus), in flight over Montgomery Reef, Kimberley, Western Australia, Australia, Pacific

Osprey (Pandion haliaetus), with fish on Isla San Lorenzo, Baja California, Sea of Cortez, Mexico, North America

Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) catching trout, Rothiemurchus estate, Cairngorms, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Adult osprey (Pandion haliaetus), on nest built over the years, Isla Rasa, Baja California, Mexico, North America

Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) taking flight with fish near Honeymoon Bay, Isla Danzante, Baja California Sur, Mexico, North America

Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) along the Madison River, Yellowstone National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Wyoming, United States of America, North America

Adult osprey (Pandion haliaetus), with two chicks on nest, Flamingo, Everglades National Park, Florida, United States of America, North America

An adult osprey (Pandion haliaetus), perched on a fence post in Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, United States of America, North America

Osprey Delivers Fish to the Nest

Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) fledglings on nest, Yellowstone National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Wyoming, United States of America, North America

Resting Osprey

Osprey on Nest

Osprey with Fish

Morning Call Sculpture, 9/11 memorial of an osprey on a perch made from beams from the World Trade Center, Greenport, Long Island, North Fork, New York, United States of America, North America

Female Osprey on bare branch of tree, Daintree River, Queensland, Australia

Osprey in Ranthambhore National Park, Rajasthan, Northern India

Female Osprey and juvenile perched on bare branches of tree, Daintree River, Queensland, Australia

Female Osprey on bare branch of tree, the Daintree River, Queensland, Australia

On Friday 11th July 2014, the Young Ospreys that nest on Bassenthwaite in the Lake District National Park, Cumbria, UK, are ringed and fitted with a satelite tracker. they are ringed by Pete Davis, a licensed bird ringer, and the satelite tracker is fitred by Roy Dennis. Roy is theonly person in the UK, licensed to fit satelite trackers to birds of prey. The tracing is part of the Bassenthwaite Osprey project, to see whereabouts in Africa the young migrate to, before returning hopefully to the UK to nest.Ospreys recolonized the Lake district in 2001, after an absence ovf over 150 years. In the last fourteen years of breeding over half a million people have visited the project to view these spectacular fish eating birds.

On Friday 11th July 2014, the Young Ospreys that nest on Bassenthwaite in the Lake District National Park, Cumbria, UK, are ringed and fitted with a satelite tracker. they are ringed by Pete Davis, a licensed bird ringer, and the satelite tracker is fitred by Roy Dennis. Roy is theonly person in the UK, licensed to fit satelite trackers to birds of prey. The tracing is part of the Bassenthwaite Osprey project, to see whereabouts in Africa the young migrate to, before returning hopefully to the UK to nest.Ospreys recolonized the Lake district in 2001, after an absence ovf over 150 years. In the last fourteen years of breeding over half a million people have visited the project to view these spectacular fish eating birds.

On Friday 11th July 2014, the Young Ospreys that nest on Bassenthwaite in the Lake District National Park, Cumbria, UK, are ringed and fitted with a satelite tracker. they are ringed by Pete Davis, a licensed bird ringer, and the satelite tracker is fitred by Roy Dennis. Roy is theonly person in the UK, licensed to fit satelite trackers to birds of prey. The tracing is part of the Bassenthwaite Osprey project, to see whereabouts in Africa the young migrate to, before returning hopefully to the UK to nest.Ospreys recolonized the Lake district in 2001, after an absence ovf over 150 years. In the last fourteen years of breeding over half a million people have visited the project to view these spectacular fish eating birds.

On Friday 11th July 2014, the Young Ospreys that nest on Bassenthwaite in the Lake District National Park, Cumbria, UK, are ringed and fitted with a satelite tracker. they are ringed by Pete Davis, a licensed bird ringer, and the satelite tracker is fitred by Roy Dennis. Roy is theonly person in the UK, licensed to fit satelite trackers to birds of prey. The tracing is part of the Bassenthwaite Osprey project, to see whereabouts in Africa the young migrate to, before returning hopefully to the UK to nest.Ospreys recolonized the Lake district in 2001, after an absence ovf over 150 years. In the last fourteen years of breeding over half a million people have visited the project to view these spectacular fish eating birds.

Osprey (Pandion haliaeetus), exploding out of water with a trout in summer, Finland, Scandinavia, Europe

Osprey (Pandion haliaeetus), with a trout, in summer, Speyside, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Adult osprey (Pandion haliaetus) on nest on Isla Angel de la Guarda in the upper Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez) Baja California Norte, Mexico.

Adult osprey (Pandion haliaetus) on nest on tiny Isla Rasa in the upper Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez) Baja California Norte, Mexico.

Adult osprey (Pandion haliaetus) on nest at Isla Rasa in the Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez) Baja California Sur, Mexico.

Adult osprey (Pandion haliaetus) on nest in the Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez) Baja California Sur, Mexico.

Adult osprey (Pandion haliaetus) on nest at Isla Rasa in the Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez) Baja California Sur, Mexico.

Adult osprey (Pandion haliaetus) on nest at Isla Rasa in the Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez) Baja California Sur, Mexico.

Adult Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) on the wing in San Ignacio Lagoon, Baja California Sur, Mexico.

Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) Female streching her wings at nest, Inverness-shire, Scotland, Captive