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The Rutland Water Ospreys

Illustrated by John Wright
Format: Hardback
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, London, United Kingdom
Imprint: A & C Black Publishers Ltd
Published: 14th Mar 2013
Dimensions: w 224mm h 291mm d 23mm
Weight: 930g
ISBN-10: 1408174146
ISBN-13: 9781408174142
Barcode No: 9781408174142
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Synopsis
Anglian Water's project to reintroduce the Osprey to England has been an outstanding success, but is also a very personal project for the volunteers who have been involved in the Ospreys' journey from Scotland to Africa via Rutland. This new book, published in close collaboration with Anglian Water and the Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust, is a celebration of their project and a chance for Osprey fans everywhere to discover the many amazing stories behind the Rutland Osprey team's efforts over the last two decades to re-establish these magnificent birds in England. Historically the Osprey was widely distributed throughout England but by at the end of the last century Ospreys hadn't bred in England for more than 150 years. Thanks to Anglian Water's close work with the LRWT English chicks hatched in 2001 at Rutland Water, their largest reservoir. This ground-breaking project was the first of its kind in Europe, and is now in its eighteenth year. Other Osprey translocation projects in Italy and Spain have come about as a direct result of it, and breeding pairs are also now established in Wales as an indirect result of the work of the Rutland Osprey team. The Rutland Water team monitor the Ospreys from their arrival from Senegal and the Gambia in March, through to their autumn migration. The nest sites at Rutland allow visitors to get close views to the Ospreys, and artist and photographer John Wright has been working for Anglian Water for several years to document the Rutland Ospreys from even closer. Stories will reveal early disappointments, detail the Ospreys' incredible journeys as they migrate to Africa, and convey the pride the Rutland field team and many locals feel as 'their' Ospreys return to the same roost year on year.

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An inspiring read * Daily Express * This beautifully illustrated account of a raptor reintroduction illuminates and inspires * BBC Wildlife * This new book, published in close collaboration with Anglian Water and the Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust, is a celebration of their project and a chance for Osprey fans everywhere to discover the many amazing stories behind the Rutland Osprey team's efforts over the last two decades to re-establish these magnificent birds in England. -- Ian Paulsen * The Guardian * The Rutland Water Ospreys offers an exciting and inspirational narrative, greatly enriched by the individually different, diary-style accounts of volunteers and the superb paintings and photographs * Ibis (The International Journal of Avian Science) * beautifully illustrated...appeals to those with both avid and little interest in osprey conservation * Scottish Birds * a thorough account of all the setbacks and thrills * The Times * a book that's a pleasure to read, as well as containing a wealth of information that's of practical value. If you have an interest in Ospreys...then it's a must. * Bird Watching *