First osprey chicks in 200 years reported in Herefordshire

www.bbc.co.uk English

A pair of birds once driven to the brink of extinction could have produced the county’s first chicks for at least 200 years.

A breeding pair of ospreys had been reported in Herefordshire, nesting in an oak tree near the River Wye close to the Powys border where they had raised three chicks to fledging.

“It’s just fantastic news,” said Toby Fountain of Herefordshire Wildlife Trust.

The rare birds were hunted to near-extinction before being reintroduced across England and Wales.

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