The Lake District Osprey Project opens on 31st March, 2012 - only 3 weeks away!
This year the LDOP team have been constructing a new nest platform, with cameras, on a pole fixed to the tree used last year. The site is in a marshy area at the southern end of Bassenthwaite Lake. Last year's nest blew down in a storm after all the Ospreys had left. The Wildlife Room at the Whinlatter Visitor Centre has been refurbished, too.
Photos can be seen on the Daily Diary photostream here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ospreywatch/
Another piece of interesting news: chick no. 12, which was fitted with a satellite transmitter in the 2010 season, is still being tracked on his wintering grounds in The Gambia. He should be returning to the UK this year, but has not left yet. See the tracking map of his activities on the Daily Diary - link above.
I will be updating our Opus page for Bassenthwaite Lake with news of the Ospreys throughout their stay in the Lake District this season.
This year the LDOP team have been constructing a new nest platform, with cameras, on a pole fixed to the tree used last year. The site is in a marshy area at the southern end of Bassenthwaite Lake. Last year's nest blew down in a storm after all the Ospreys had left. The Wildlife Room at the Whinlatter Visitor Centre has been refurbished, too.
Photos can be seen on the Daily Diary photostream here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ospreywatch/
Another piece of interesting news: chick no. 12, which was fitted with a satellite transmitter in the 2010 season, is still being tracked on his wintering grounds in The Gambia. He should be returning to the UK this year, but has not left yet. See the tracking map of his activities on the Daily Diary - link above.
I will be updating our Opus page for Bassenthwaite Lake with news of the Ospreys throughout their stay in the Lake District this season.