A ringing success! Kielder osprey chicks are ringed and named
July is an exciting time for everyone involved with the Kielder ospreys when we get up close and personal with the new arrivals as the chicks are named and ringed.
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Exciting osprey news from Kielder
Following a slow start to the Kielder Water & Forest Park osprey season, hampered by the Beast from the East, the breeding season is well underway with three eggs in each of the four nests.…
Chick them out: Kielder has 11 new ospreys, with more to come
The Kielder ospreys have been making the most of the warm weather and adding to their numbers, following a record return to Northumberland.
Kielder Ospreys
For many years ospreys were seen passing through Kielder without stopping, always on the way north to more long-standing nesting sites in Scotland. As more and more of the best nesting spots were taken, it was just a matter of time before they stayed south of the border. To encourage this, Forestry England installed a number of platforms around the forest after a failed attempt to nest by two young birds in 2008. This paid off, as following an absence of about 200 years in Northumberland, ospreys returned to nest at Kielder in 2009.
Osprey eggs laid at Kielder for the thirteenth year
Wonderful news from the Osprey Team at Kielder.
Osprey eggs galore at Kielder
As the nation celebrates the next phase of lockdown easing, there is wonderful news from the team at Kielder.
Resurgent ospreys notch up a century in Kielder
The one hundredth osprey chick has successfully taken to the air in Kielder Water & Forest Park!
Trio of ospreys ringed in Kielder Water & Forest Park
Forestry England tree climbers joined experts to ring rare osprey chicks in Kielder Water & Forest Park, Northumberland.
First three osprey eggs laid at Kielder
Following the return of the first osprey to Kielder on Friday 24th March, the first egg of the season was laid on Sunday 16th April on Nest 4.
Kielder Osprey Watch to be supported by charity lottery players this year
As wildlife lovers in the region have their eyes to the skies eagerly awaiting the return of the Kielder osprey, plans are already in place to ensure Osprey Watch wings its way back.
Tenth year of Kielder ospreys brings new nest!
The tenth year of the Kielder Osprey Partnership has given the partners a brilliant surprise late in the season - staff from the Forestry Commission recently discovered a fifth nest in Kielder…
Give the chicks a home this spring
It’s National Nest Box Week (NNBW) next week and Northumberland Wildlife Trust is encouraging everybody to install a nest box in their area and give the region’s precious birds a home.