Osprey - Pandion haliaetus
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More about Ray Tipper
Ray Tipper began his birding on the North Kent Marshes at the age if eleven. He left his native Britain in 1973 spending most of the next 22 years in Hong Kong. As a trustee of WWF he was intimately involved with its renowned Mai Po Nature Reserve. It was in Hong Kong that Ray turned to bird photography, which quickly became his major interest. He gained associateship of the Royal Photographic Society in 1990, and his photographs appear in journals and books throughout the world. Ray guides specialist birdwatching and bird photography tours and since 1997 has led more than 100 tours in Europe, the Americas, Asia, Africa and Madagascar. He now lives in the Algarve, where his intimate knowledge of its birds has been recognised by his appointment as Chairman of the Portuguese Rarities Committee.
Widely distributed across Asia, Africa, Europe and the Americas, the Osprey is one of the most dramatic of the Algarve’s large raptors. Strikingly patterned in brown and white its distinctive plumage makes identification straightforward. It is a regular passage migrant and winter visitor to the Algarve and should be looked for wherever there are large bodies of water e.g. Castro Marim nature reserve, Canal de Tavira, Ludo, the Alvor Estuary and Lagoa dos Salgados.
Commencing a successful dive
With luck you might witness one in an exhilarating high , splashing feet first into the water to catch dive a sizeable fish and carry it away to a regular feeding perch.
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