 The
Lake District Osprey Project is managed by a partnership of the Forestry
Commission, Lake District National Park Authority and Royal Society
for the Protection of Birds.
For
more information about the project please contact Nathan Fox by email or phone 017687 78469. For press enquires check out our press pages
For more information about the individual partners please flow the links on our contacts page
The
Lake District Osprey Project has six principal objectives
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To
ensure the continued success of breeding Ospreys at Bassenthwaite
and to assist, where possible, with the natural colonization of
the Lake District and elsewhere in Cumbria.
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To
provide the general public with the opportunity to see and find
out more about Ospreys and also more about conservation, recreation
and wildlife in the Lake District and throughout Cumbria.
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To
promote the partnership of the Forestry Commission, Lake District
National Park Authority and the Royal Society for the Protection
of Birds, (RSPB), and the work of the individual partners.
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To
encourage and work with other organisations, agencies and landowners
to support the project and help achieve the objectives .
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To
use the opportunity provided by the project to further improve and
extend the quality of Bassenthwaite Lake and surrounding area in
environmental and wildlife terms
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To
promote sustainable tourism and transport initiatives that achieve
the other objectives and conform to the Regional Sustainability
Framework and Regional Planning Guidance and National Park purposes.
- The
partnerships main activities are:
- In co-operation
with the Police, organise a 24 hour watch of the nest to prevent
disturbance, with the biggest threat being from egg collectors.
- Provision
of a public viewing area at Dodd Wood Encourage woodland management
within the Lake District National Park that allows more ospreys
to nest.
- Fundraising
for the above work and also for a remote video link from the nest
to the Forestry Commission's Whinlatter Visitor Centre to allow
close up views.
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