This book tells the story not only of the osprey, but of the osprey watcher.



Roy Dennis has followed the bird's fortunes in Scotland and seen its numbers rise from a single pair in the 1950s to close to 200 pairs today. In this book he recalls the bad old days of egg stealing and shootings and talks of the present day, with its satellite radios that allow the tracking of the osprey's every move.



From the time he saw his first osprey Roy has worked to help this magnificent raptor establish itself once more in a country where it had been hounded to near-extinction over hundreds of years.