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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.
THIS is the moment an osprey nest at Llyn Brenig was felled by a chainsaw-wielding vandal. North Wales Police s Rural Crime team has released the disturbing footage as part of its appeal to help identify the perpetrators of the incident - which occurred at 9.42pm on Friday at the reservoir on the Denbighshire-Conwy border. Rob Taylor, manager of the Rural Crime team, said: Ospreys are a very rare, highly protected bird and are very iconic in Wales. Until a few years ago we literally only had one breeding pair, and now we have a handful and this is one of them.