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Cruel vandals armed with a chainsaw chopped down an osprey nest a day after the protected bird laid its first egg of the season.
The platform was chopped down overnight, sending the nest plunging into the waters below at Llyn Brenig reservoir in Denbigh Moors, north Wales in a horrendous wildlife crime.
Springwatch presenter Iolo Williams has pleaded for people to come forward with information while a member of the public has offered a £2,000 reward if anyone has details which leads to a prosecution.
Police have pledged to pull out all the stops to find the culprits responsible for the crime and has called on people to come forward with information
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.
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Heartless vandals take chainsaw to Osprey nest next to Welsh reservoir Believe me they will receive the full force of the law if we do catch them
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Vandals used a chainsaw to bring down an Osprey s nest in a night-time raid.
The saw can be heard buzzing in a CCTV clip before the nest platform topples over .