Heart-rending photo captures ospreys day after their nest was hacked down with a chainsaw
Brenig Osprey Project partners have since cleared one of the other nest platforms in the hope that the birds will migrate to that one.
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Protected osprey nest destroyed in horrendous chainsaw attack
Police to investigate as nest on Llyn Brenig Lake was chopped down just hours after bird had laid its first egg of the breeding season
2 May 2021 • 8:09pm
There are just five pairs of ospreys in Wales with the birds and eggs protected under the Wildlife & Countryside Act.
Credit: Wales News Service
Police are investigating a horrendous wildlife crime on a protected osprey nest after vandals used a chainsaw to destroy the site.
Conservationists have condemned the attack at Llyn Brenig Lake in Wales as “senseless, cruel and wanton”.
The culprits are suspected to have arrived by boat on Friday evening before chopping down the artificial nesting platform.
The ospreys had only laid their first yesterday before their nest was felled. (Source - NWP Rural Crime team) AN OSPREY nest at Llyn Brenig has been felled in a horrific act of vandalism . North Wales Wildlife Trust said that on Friday evening, someone used a chainsaw to fell the nest of the protected birds of prey. It came the same day as the birds reportedly laid their first egg.
The nesting pair had only laid their first yesterday. North Wales Police s Rural Crime team is investigating the incident. A spokesperson said: We are sad to report that someone last night has intentionally felled the Osprey nest platform at Brenig Lake.
The ospreys had only laid their first yesterday before their nest was felled. (Source - NWP Rural Crime team) AN OSPREY nest at Llyn Brenig has been felled in a horrific act of vandalism . North Wales Wildlife Trust said that on Friday evening, someone used a chainsaw to fell the nest of the protected birds of prey. It came the same day as the birds reportedly laid their first egg.
The nesting pair had only laid their first yesterday. North Wales Police s Rural Crime team is investigating the incident. A spokesperson said: We are sad to report that someone last night has intentionally felled the Osprey nest platform at Brenig Lake.