Post by Tringa on Mar 20, 2022 11:58:32 GMT
I was on the Poole Harbour Osprey You Tube channel a few minutes ago and saw a reference to a talk about the Poole Harbour Osprey Translocation Project.
This project " ........ which started in 2017, aims to restore a breeding population to the South Coast through the translocation of 60 juvenile Ospreys from Scottish nests to the Poole Harbour area."
I can understand the re-introduction of species that we have lost, perhaps especially so if humans have been directly involved.
However, due to re-introductions in the past ospreys appear to be doing well in the UK now so do we need to collect young ospreys and continue with relocations? Why not let the birds spread to other areas by themselves?
I could be talking rubbish and more relocations might be needed to establish a viable breeding population but sometimes I feel the relocations are more about human wants than for the birds.
It is always great to see ospreys but if they don't occur in a particular area, that's just the way it is and should we interfere?
Dave
BTW sightings of returning ospreys are increasing.
