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BBC
News Online stories from 2004:
Lakes
osprey gets 'health check'
Lake's
ospreys hatch first chick
Attack
fear at osprey nest site
Birds
reunited after winter apart
Delight
as osprey returns to nest
Windfall
for osprey project
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OspreyWatch
All the latest news from the Lake District Osprey Watch team.
The
Forestry Commission
Government agency responsible for the protection and expansion
of Britain's forests and woodlands
LDNPA
The Lake District NationalPark Authority's website.
The
RSPB
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds.
English
Nature
Government agency for the conservation of nature and wildlife
in England.
The BBC is not responsible for the content
of external websites.
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Ospreys
were once thought to have a mystical power that drew fishes
to the surface of the water where they could be caught.
King
James I kept ospreys on the Thames, along with cormorants
and otters. All were used to catch fish.
Ospreys
have been measured flying at speeds of 44km/h.
The
female osprey does most of the incubation with the male giving
her breaks in the morning and evening of roughly half an hour.
Statistics
from 2001
Over
the 98 days of the watch, observers saw the birds bring back
128 fish.
Before
the chick flew (42 days) 73 fish were caught i.e. 1.73 fish
per day average.
After
the chick flew until end of watch (25 days) 55 fish were caught
i.e. 2.2 fish per day average. An increase of 27%.
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latest action on the osprey nest from 2007 »
Thousands
of bird-watchers have added Whinlatter to the places to visit, as
the ospreys set up home just outside of Keswick.
The
birds first reared a chick in 2001 and since then twitchers from
all over the world have been following the progress via the BBC
Webcam or by using the high-powered telescopes overlooking the nest.
The
birds are encouraged to stay with the help of a purpose-built nest
provided by the Forestry Commission, the Lake District National
Park Authority and the RSPB, the partners in the Lake District Osprey
Project.
Ospreys
usually lay up to three eggs, so there were celebrations all round
that two birds have hatched last year - the previous year just one
egg was laid. The young stay in the nest for six or seven weeks.
In late summer, the adult female will migrate south, leaving the
male to teach the youngsters the art of fishing.
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