The OspreyA highly readable Poyser monograph on one of the most widespread raptors. The Osprey is a large, fish eating bird of prey. Distinctively marked in deep brown and white, with a piercing yellow eye and powerful hooked bill, the Osprey snatches its prey in spectacular swoops above lakes and wetlands around the world. It is one of the most widespread of all birds. Persecuted mercilessly in Britain, it became extinct in the 1890s before returning to the