Aberfoyle Ospreys

TheTamshee: and family visited the David Marshall Lodge Visitor Centre in Achray Forest which is part of Queen Elizabeth Forest Park. Travelling from Stirling follow the A84(T), A873 then A81 west to Aberfoyle. The Visitor Centre is a mile north of Aberfoyle on the A821 (Dukes Pass) The female osprey was calling, while guarding the nest ( no eggs ) waiting patiently for the ringed male to return with fish dish of the day. The weather was rather wet which spoiled our forest stroll to the "waterfall of the little fawn" scenic all year round and spectacular in spate but be careful, in days gone-by teenagers have fallin victim to the deceiving drop to the rocks below. Happy but soaked to the skin, the Indy kids explored the adventure park with a one off experience of the later to be called "the death slide" because the wee lad descended the zig zag wet slide at break neck speed, ending up in a heap in the muddy puddle.
The lodge was slate-built in 1960 as a focal point for the the Forest Park with a viewpoint that commands a magnificent prospect westwards towards Ben Lomond , southwards to the Fintry, Campsie and Kilpatrick Hills and eastwards, of the Carse of Stirling dominated by Castle.