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Osprey in flight, close up of aberfoyle osprey chick from 2005, osprey calling

Welcome to the Aberfoyle ospreys

The 2008 season is here!

Barn owl nest box camera

We've also go an infra-red camera showing live images from inside a barn owl nesting box.  There are three chicks in the box this season.

Visit us

Aberfoyle osprey watching takes place at the David Marshall Lodge visitor centre in Queen Elizabeth Forest Park.  Our cameras are all in place and we have volunteers manning the wildlife room, waiting for the ospreys to arrive.

The visitor centre is a mile north of Aberfoyle on the A821 (Dukes Pass). View a map of where David Marshall Lodge is located (link to an external site).

Opening hours

Open daily from 10am to 4pm. Telephone 01877 382258 for more details.

Osprey viewing is run in partnership with RSPB Scotland. 

Previous seasons

You can read all about what happened last season in the 2007 osprey diary.  

Watch video clips of the ospreys

We've got 6 great clips for you to see.  You can use Windows Media Player to view them:

  • Red 6A settling on her clutch of 3 eggs (wmv file, 392k)
  • The young chicks just hatched (wmv file, 281 k)
  • The young chicks being fed (wmv file, 391k)
  • One of the chicks, slightly older, being fed (wmv file 340k)
  • One of the chicks being weighed (wmv file 161k)
  • A ring being attached to a chick's leg (wmv file 995k)

    The bird of prey trail

    Aberfoyle ospreys are part of the Trossachs Bird of Prey Trail.  Visit www.birdofpreytrail.com


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