Most of the attention at the moment at the Lake District Osprey Project tends to be focused on the upper viewpoint, where it must be admitted there are splendid views of not only the Osprey nest five hundred metres away but also of Borrowdale and the surrounding fells. Here, also, are the major questions of the day; Do we have eggs? Do we have chicks? How many? The wise and discerning visitor, however, does not hasten too quickly past the lower viewpoint. Here is their first opportunity to discover where the Ospreys are and what they are doing. They may well be sat tight near the nest, or they may well have gone to the other end of the lake, but there could well be an Osprey sitting on a favourite post out on the marsh or even fishing over the lake. All this the visitor in too much of a hurry may well miss. They may well also miss the frolics of the Red Squirrels as they chase each other around the trees or the covert activities of the Jay and the Great Spotted Woodpecker. Today the visitor in a hurry would have missed all of these things plus the chance to see a rather remarkable Common Lizard climbing up the sand bank. In truth the wise visitor will give enough time to visit both sites and then use their parking ticket or their Osprey Bus ticket to go and extend their knowledge at Whinlatter, where they can further enjoy the wisdom and knowledge  of our volunteers and staff.