In 1996, Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust in partnership with Anglian Water launched a project to bring ospreys back to central England, where they had been extinct for 150 years. Osprey chicks were translocated from Scotland and slowly released at Rutland Water. The Rutland Osprey Project was a conservation success and there is now a self-sustaining breeding population. Since 2001, there have been over 250 young ospreys fledged from nests in Rutland Water.

However, our work is not complete and we face ever-increasing costs. With your support we can continue and expand the work we are doing to protect ospreys, and educate and inspire more people about these magnificent birds of prey.

With your support, we can continue this vital work and could expand what we are doing by:

- Making improvements to existing nest platforms

- Installing remote cameras on nest platforms to improve nest monitoring, which would allow us to gather more data about ospreys and increase our knowledge

- Building relationships with more landowners and businesses in the local area to expand our work

- Train more volunteers to help with osprey monitoring

- Connect and work with more osprey centres and organisations across the UK, Europe and Africa

Please support our appeal today to ensure ospreys continue to thrive and soar in our skies for the future.

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