Osprey
Partnership
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 David Hirst by e-mail
or phone 0191 281 3366
For
more information about the individual partners please use the contacts
adjacent.
LDNPA,
tel:017687 79633
RSPB,
tel: 0191 281 3366
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The
Objectives of the Project:
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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.
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The
partnerships main activities are:
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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.
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Provision
of a public viewing area at Dodd Wood
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Encourage
woodland manangement within the Lake District National Park that
allows more ospreys to nest.
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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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