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 use the contacts below

The Lake District Osprey Project has six principal objectives

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• To encourage and work with other organisations, agencies and landowners to support the project and help achieve the objectives .
• 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
• 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.