UK

In England, it was thought that natural recolonisation would take 100 years, so nature was given a helping hand. Leicestershire & Rutland Wildlife Trust made ...

One of the chicks has already migrated and the second is expected to migrate soon. [Wildlife](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/wildlife) Trust, and the Roy Dennis Wildlife Foundation. “There’s a need for simple, local action to limit human-made threats, such as electrocutions [on pylons], but also international collaboration to address overfishing and the illegal persecution of migratory birds. In the US, numbers have steadily increased since the 1970s, largely due to the widespread ban of DDT and other pesticides. “Easterly winds in autumn can be problematic for young birds from the UK because they may be blown out into the Bay of Biscay and lost at sea. Mackrill runs the Osprey Leadership Foundation, which works on conservation issues with young people in the UK, Senegal and the Gambia. On Bolton Castle estate, near Leyburn, North Yorkshire, a young adult osprey pair recently produced two chicks – the first known ospreys to breed in the county since records began in 1800. There are now about 26 adults in the Rutland area, with up to 10 breeding pairs. After a slow start, several pairs bred successfully in other parts of Scotland, with the population there rising to about 250 pairs by 2018. The first breeding pair successfully raised a single chick at Rutland in 2001. The birds were shot by gamekeepers, who considered them a threat to trout and salmon stocks; they were hunted for sport and taxidermy; and their eggs were sought by collectors. The birds bred successfully in 1959, thanks to Operation Osprey, a 24-hour RSPB protection watch.