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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