The osprey is known in English as (Osprey) and bears the scientific name (Pandion haliaetus). Its size ranges between 52 and 60 cm, with a wingspan reaching approximately 170 cm.

White-tailed eagles are the largest bird of prey found in the UK, with fully grown adults having a wingspan of more than two metres, while ospreys are much smaller in size, with an average wingspan ...

Bird enthusiasts say a large raptor nest on remote Thistle Island off the coast of South Australia could have survived for two centuries, withstanding wind gusts of up to 100 kilometres per hour.