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An osprey on nest at Loch of the Lowes, Scotland. The osprey (Pandion haliaetus) is a medium-large raptor which is a specialist fish-eater with a worldwide distribution. The subspecies Pandion haliaetus haliaetus is native to Eurasia and is found in the British Isles, where it is a scarce breeder primarily in Scotland, with smaller numbers in England and Wales.
3 May 2016 - Blue 2R (13), named Clarach, was the first sighting of a Dyfi bred chick returning to Wales. She landed on the osprey nest at Glaslyn Osprey Project, near Porthmadog, and was seen there again for several hours on 13–14 May. On 17 May, Clarach was sighted at the Manton Bay nest at Rutland Osprey Project.
The Glaslyn Osprey Project is located in the Glaslyn Valley at Pont Croesor near Porthmadog in Gwynedd, north-west Wales. The project has supported ospreys since 2004 when they came to the Snowdonia National Park to breed after being absent from Wales for decades. [1] The ospreys spend every winter in West Africa and travel thousands of miles ...
The Rutland Osprey Project ‘translocated’ chicks from Scotland to the East Midlands in 1996. Breeding programme celebrates 200th chick since returning ospreys to England Skip to main content
The same pair of ospreys returned to Llyn Brenig in 2022 and hatched chicks at a replacement nest in the same location. [ 6 ] The Brenig Osprey Project, partnership between North Wales Wildlife Trust and Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water , provides a manned viewpoint, a hide, and online video streaming of the nest during the nesting season.
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The estimated cost to design, permit, build and install the nesting platform is $13,000, according to Hogan. Ospreys are migratory birds that primarily eat fish and prefer to build their nests ...
In 2005 Natural Resources Wales installed an osprey nest platform near the reservoir. The nest has been in use by breeding ospreys since 2014; by the end of 2022, 22 osprey chicks had been raised on the site. [10] A web camera was installed in 2020 enabling video of the nest to be viewed online. [11] A trout fishery operates on the reservoir. [12]