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.
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A FLY-TIPPING incident caused the deaths of nine heavily pregnant sheep in North Wales, police say. North Wales Police s Rural Crime team says its officers were called to a farm at an undisclosed location whereby sheep had been poisoned by garden waste which had been dumped in the field. A Rural Crime team spokesperson said: This is the direct result of somebody fly-tipping garden clippings into a field of sheep. A lot of garden plants are highly toxic to animals and due to this selfish act nine heavily pregnant ewes have suffered a horrendous death leaving the farmer heartbroken.
Source - NWP Rural Crime