I wanted to call it ‘Osprey at Loch Garten’, but a few people have always found my painting of a pigeon, with the word ‘Peregrine’, slightly confusing. Some have even commented on the likeness!
Loch Garten is the place to be to see Osprey. They’ve been nesting there for ages with cameras and scopes aimed at all angles, and the visitor centre has a telly to see the young in the nest close up. My own photos were rubbish, (come to think about it – I should’ve taken one of the telly), so the Wigeon that stalked us over lunch is the next best thing. Lunch, obviously, was beside the loch, where we sat and waited for the real stars to come and hook salmon dramatically and majestic like. We wondered if these pampered celebrities prefer their fish battered, and found it easier to feed from the bins of the local chippy. Now that would’ve been a photo…
