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The osprey (/ ˈɒspri, - preɪ /; [2] Pandion haliaetus), historically known as sea hawk, river hawk, and fish hawk, is a diurnal, fish-eating bird of prey with a cosmopolitan range. It is a large raptor, reaching more than 60 cm (24 in) in length and 180 cm (71 in) across the wings. It is brown on the upperparts and predominantly greyish on ...
The osprey formerly inhabited much of Britain, but heavy persecution, mainly by Victorian egg and skin collectors, during the 19th and early 20th centuries brought about its demise. The osprey became extinct as a breeding bird in England in 1840. It is generally considered that the species was absent from Scotland from 1916 to 1954, although ...
The eastern osprey (Pandion haliaetus cristatus) is a diurnal, fish-eating bird of prey. They live in Oceania at coastal regions of the Australian continent, the Indonesian islands, New Guinea, and the Philippines. It is usually sedentary and pairs breed at the same nest site, building up a substantial structure on dead trees or limbs.
Mr Rutland. Mr Rutland, formally known by his ring number of 03 (97), was a male osprey who was born in Scotland in 1997 and nested every summer near Rutland Water, England, from 1999 to 2015. Having been extinct in England since the 1840s, ospreys were re-introduced to the country from 1996 by the Rutland Osprey project, which translocated ...
Born in Bridgend and educated at Brynteg Comprehensive School, [1] Webb began his rugby career with Bridgend Athletic RFC, and also played for Bridgend and Aberavon in the Welsh Premiership [2] while coming through the Ospreys age grade system; he won the Reebok Regional Championship trophy with the under-18s side during the 2005–06 season and was a losing finalist with the under-20s during ...
Toby Booth (born 6 February 1970) is an English rugby union coach, currently head coach at Ospreys in the United Rugby Championship. He was educated at The Harvey Grammar School, Folkestone, a prominent football -playing school. He became a qualified electrician, before attending St. Mary's University College, Strawberry Hill (1994–97), where ...
The Ospreys (Welsh: Y Gweilch), formerly the Neath–Swansea Ospreys [1][2] is one of the four professional rugby union teams from Wales. They compete in the United Rugby Championship and the European Rugby Champions Cup. The team formed as a result of Neath RFC and Swansea RFC combining to create a new merged entity, as part of the new ...
15. (30) Correct as of 25 October 2023. Jac Morgan (born 21 January 2000) is a Welsh rugby union player, who plays in the backrow for the Ospreys and Wales. He is the current captain of the Wales national rugby union team. [1][2]