The National Parks & Wildlife Service (NPWS) is planning to reintroduce ospreys to Ireland after a 200+ year absence.
A number of individual birds are regularly recorded there each year, generally passing through on migration. However, ospreys, previously a common breeding species in Ireland, haven’t bred there since persecution caused their extirpation in the late 18th century.
The NPWS is working with colleagues in Norway and plans to bring in up to 70 young ospreys over a five-year period for release in the south-east of Ireland, hopefully starting this summer.
More detail in the Irish Independent here.
This latest reintroduction follows other raptor reintroductions in Ireland in recent years including golden eagles, white-tailed eagles and red kites.
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Sounds a good idea and at least Ospreys will not be subject to the on going poisoning problems suffered by the introduced Eagles and Kites.
Absolutely wonderful news! Osprey is my all-time favourite raptor. I spend hours watching nestcam, getting involved, etc. Some good news for once!
Excellent news… good luck to them…