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Breeding programme celebrates 200th chick since returning ospreys to England Osprey in the Dyfi Estuary (credit Andy Rouse 2020 Vision) A project set up in 1996 to reintroduce ospreys to England has seen its 200th chick fledge. The breeding programme at Rutland Water was started by the Leicestershire & Rutland Wildlife Trust more than a century-and-a-half after ospreys had become extinct in England and Wales, and has led to the spread of breeding pairs in both countries. The Trust said the 200th chick, a female, fledged in July and was ringed with the number 360 to identify her. The newest ar...

The Rutland Osprey Project ‘translocated’ chicks from Scotland to the East Midlands in 1996.

One of the bell tents that will be on the White Moss campsite in the Lake District this summer. One of the bell tents that will be on the White Moss campsite in the Lake District this summer. LornaParkes Tue 16 Mar 2021 10.45 EDT Last modified on Mon 22 Mar 2021 09.26 EDT Asurge in the number of pop-up campsites planning to open this summer has raised environmental concerns in the Lake District and other tourist hotspots. Short-term, back-to-basics campsites have proliferated since last year’s government relaxation of planning regulations for landowners, a move intended to help rural commun...