Hole Garden Osprey Center
The Loch Garten Osprey Center is a nature reserve near Boat of Garten in Abernethy Forest , Badenoch and Strathspey , in the Scottish Highlands . The nature reserve was first placed under protection in 1975 with an area of 617 hectares by the administration of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds . In 1994 the total area, including the Abernethy Forest, covered an area of 12,150 hectares.
The nature reserve is known for its population of ospreys . Loch Garten was one of the first places to be repopulated by ospreys in the 1950s. One of the special features of the nature reserve is also a mating ground for wood grouse . The reserve is also home to a high population of Scots pine , which was once characteristic of Scotland's forests. The breeding bird population includes crested tits and the Scottish crossbill , which has only been recognized as an independent species since 1998 and, with an estimated 300 individuals, is one of the rarest European breeding birds.
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- Renate and Achim Kostrzewa: Scotland with England and Wales . In: Travel Guide Nature . BLV Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, Munich 1994, ISBN 3-405-14509-0 , p. 199 .
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Coordinates: 57 ° 14 ′ 40 " N , 3 ° 41 ′ 28" W.