Rutland Ospreys Blogs

Ahead of the start of the Osprey 2025 Season, we’re taking a look back on the highlight events from last year.

A historic milestone achievement for Rutland Water’s Osprey reintroduction program

On Saturday 24th June, the Manton Bay chicks were ringed. Here we give an update on what we've learnt.

An update on the Manton Bay nest from Information Officer George Smith, looking at the juveniles hatching and what's soon to come…

With four eggs on the Manton Bay nest, Information Officer George Smith gives an update on the Rutland Ospreys.

With the season underway, Information Officer George Smith gives an update on the start of the season and gives an indication of what to…

Tim Mackrill, our consultant to the Osprey Project, gives an update on sightings of Rutland Ospreys during the winter months.

An Update on Osprey 4K's migration

As we come to the end of the season, we talk about the juveniles leaving on migration and the journeys they are about to undertake for…

After visiting our Visitor Centre at Lyndon, Tony Owen was inspired to write a poem about the magnificent Osprey.

Osprey Information Officer, George Smith, discusses the recent fledgings of the Manton Bay juveniles.

Today marked a very exciting day for the Rutland Osprey Project, as our 3 growing chicks at Manton Bay were ready to be fitted with…

A mid-season update on the Ospreys at Rutland Water Nature Reserve.

Last week was incredibly busy for us all in the Visitor Centre, with a lot of exciting things happening, and what a week we had! It all…

After having a really busy, but fantastic, couple of weeks in the visitor centre, here are all the latest Osprey updates…

It has been a fantastic week here with lots happening! Read on to find out more...

It's been an exciting start to the 2022 Osprey season, and we now have 12 adults back in the area!

Today is the final day of World Osprey Week and is all about other reintroduction projects in the UK.

Day 4 of World Osprey Week is all about their migration - read this blog to find out more...

Day 2 of World Osprey Week is all about the history of Ospreys in the UK!

Day 3 of World Osprey Week is all about the Rutland Translocation Project, which ran between 1996 and 2001.

This blog is part of a series of five, which are aimed at our younger audience for World Osprey Week! This blog is all about what an…

The Osprey Season here in Rutland has begun with the first Osprey returning at the weekend.

In this blog, I touch upon the threats Ospreys still face today, as well as why it is still important to report sightings to necessary…

With the Osprey season drawing on a close, we take some time to reflect on how brilliant the past few months have been.

What another fantastic season we have had this year! 19 chicks have successfully fledged from eight different nests and we have seen 30…

Osprey Ambassador Sam has written an wonderful account of a couple of his most recent visits to Manton Bay. Read all about them here…

We have had a couple of very exciting days here! Read this blog to find out all about them...

Yesterday marked a very exciting day for us, as it was the time when a small team of us, led by a fully licenced ringer, would be…

With 26 Ospreys in the vicinity, they are bound to come across one another and over the past few months we have regularly seen other…

A Year 5 class from Cradle Hill School in Sussex have co-written this wonderful tale of an Osprey on her returning migration north ready…

Osprey Ambassador Sam is back with another blog where he delves into an afternoon he spent monitoring the Manton Bay nest from one of…

It has been a cracking week here at the Lyndon Visitor Centre, with some new arrivals! Read all about it in this blog post.

It has now been 37 days since Maya laid the first egg on 30th March and we are looking forward to welcoming the first chick. Read the…

All the latest updates from the Manton Bay nest and our satellite tracked osprey.

Sam is one of our wonderful Osprey Ambassadors, and he is currently spending some time helping to monitor the Manton Bay pair. He has…

All the latest on the action from the Manton Bay osprey nest.

Our star osprey pair Maya and 33(11) from the Manton Bay nest have returned and have been busy preparing the nest ready for the exciting…

We are excited to announce that our Osprey Project Webcam Appeal has raised over £16,000! We have now been able to purchase and install…

It's now October and all the Rutland Ospreys have left and will now be in their wintering grounds. Read this blog for an update on…

We have sadly reached that time in the year where the majority of our ospreys have left Rutland and begun their migration south. But…

In this blog, read all about Education Officer, Ken Davies, most recent visit with a few of the Osprey Ambassadors from local schools (…

The latest update on the Manton Bay family and also some exciting news from the Osprey Education Team!

It is getting to that time in the season when the ospreys start to leave Rutland and potentially travel over 3000 miles to their…

We received some sad news recently about one of our satellite tracked males S1(15). Read on to find out what happened.

To go alongside this weeks' Osprey Education at Home activity, Osprey Education Officer, Ken Davies, has written this fascinating…

Read the latest update from the Manton Bay nest, the chicks are getting ready to migrate...

We have received some exciting news about one of our 2015 Manton Bay fledglings, S2(15)!