Record-breaking bird completes 3,000-mile flight from Africa to Scotland – for 20th time
She's the Grand Old Lady of the Loch – a female osprey who has now returned for a record 20th consecutive year to her Scottish nesting site.
The bird has again completed the 3,000-mile migration from her wintering grounds in West Africa to her summer breeding territory at Loch of the Lowes in Perthshire, confounding wildlife experts in the process.
At the ripe old age of 25 years old, she has lived more than three times the average lifespan of an osprey. The fish hawks began breeding again in Scotland in the 1950s after being driven to near extinction.
She is a grand old lady :-) although... here eyebrows are very reminiscent of the photo in the previous post!!!
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