RSPB SPOTLIGHT: OSPREYS (PB)

A hunting osprey is one of the great sights of the natural world. But taking fish from trout ponds won it few friends in Britain, and ultimately human persecution and habitat loss saw it wiped out. Thanks to concerted conservation efforts in the past few decades, beginning at Loch Garten, an encouraging comeback has taken place. This easy-to-read text explores the osprey’s biology and ecology, its extraordinary feats of migration and the relationship between humans and ospreys, from Shakespeare to webcams and osprey tourism.