Saddleworth2
Well-Known Member
So Menteith yesterday was as expected. Fishing was pish.
Bright sun and strong wind do not make for good conditions to catch Rainbow Trout from a boat. We had both in spades.
Anyway, we finished 3 to the boat and I had one of them on a tequila blob. I dropped a couple of others which was annoying given the paucity of action.
Anyway, as always with fishing there were other highlights;
Before I left the house there was a bang on the conservatory and a Nuthatch fledgling had knocked itself out colliding with the glass. I thought it was a goner but closer inspection confirmed it was still breathing. I put it gently onto our garden table and watched it recover for about 30 minutes. After about 15mins its eyes opened and it started watching me with a look that said 'this is your fucking fault mate'. After 30 with a little prompting it flew off hopefully to rejoin its brethren. Bloody lovely little bird.
Now seeing an Osprey on Menteith is like seeing a seagull at Blackpool. However, I got my closest ever encounter yesterday when one of these beautiful birds started to fish in the bay we were fishing in. At one point it was directly over my head about 30 feet away. Thats bloody close and you could see the definition of every feather. Life affirming stuff.
Finally, one the way back to the lodge motoring past the biggest island on the Lake, I spotted a small group of people waving at us. Being a friendly cove I waved back but it then became obvious they were asking for assistance so we turned round to see what was up.
It turns out they were kayakers who had rowed out to the island for a picnic, found a fledgling owl that they thought initially was dead face down but like my nuthatch was stunned. They had phoned the rspca who told them to bring it to their depot in Alloa and they were looking for us to take the owl ashore as they weren't confident that taking it in a three man blow-up plastic kayak would end well for the owl. So thats what we did. Transported what i think was a young Tawny owl in their picnic basket. One of them jumped in the boat with us so Owl + young lady was safely deposited on the boatside whilst the others came across on their kayak.
Sounds a tall story but here is the proof;
Hope the wee thing is ok and is one day released back into the wild.
Bright sun and strong wind do not make for good conditions to catch Rainbow Trout from a boat. We had both in spades.
Anyway, we finished 3 to the boat and I had one of them on a tequila blob. I dropped a couple of others which was annoying given the paucity of action.
Anyway, as always with fishing there were other highlights;
Before I left the house there was a bang on the conservatory and a Nuthatch fledgling had knocked itself out colliding with the glass. I thought it was a goner but closer inspection confirmed it was still breathing. I put it gently onto our garden table and watched it recover for about 30 minutes. After about 15mins its eyes opened and it started watching me with a look that said 'this is your fucking fault mate'. After 30 with a little prompting it flew off hopefully to rejoin its brethren. Bloody lovely little bird.
Now seeing an Osprey on Menteith is like seeing a seagull at Blackpool. However, I got my closest ever encounter yesterday when one of these beautiful birds started to fish in the bay we were fishing in. At one point it was directly over my head about 30 feet away. Thats bloody close and you could see the definition of every feather. Life affirming stuff.
Finally, one the way back to the lodge motoring past the biggest island on the Lake, I spotted a small group of people waving at us. Being a friendly cove I waved back but it then became obvious they were asking for assistance so we turned round to see what was up.
It turns out they were kayakers who had rowed out to the island for a picnic, found a fledgling owl that they thought initially was dead face down but like my nuthatch was stunned. They had phoned the rspca who told them to bring it to their depot in Alloa and they were looking for us to take the owl ashore as they weren't confident that taking it in a three man blow-up plastic kayak would end well for the owl. So thats what we did. Transported what i think was a young Tawny owl in their picnic basket. One of them jumped in the boat with us so Owl + young lady was safely deposited on the boatside whilst the others came across on their kayak.
Sounds a tall story but here is the proof;
Hope the wee thing is ok and is one day released back into the wild.