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Bassenthwaite Ospreys Return!
It has been confirmed that the pair are the same as last year, Ospreys have disinctive plumage so they can be identified from that. This will be the 8th year the same nest has been used.
They spent the winter in The Gambia or Senegal seperately after leaving Bassenthwaite last September, the female left first then the male left later with the three young. It is the first time ever a pair has returned on the same day.
These Ospreys are such an important occurance in Cumbria (England) as they had been extinct for 150 years prior to 2001. Although Ospreys returned to Scotland in the 1950's.
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