If you’re an expert birder then you’re probably already pretty adept at picking out a distinctive bird like the osprey – but for those of us a little less expert in all things feathery it can be…

I'm delighted to be taking over as Reserves Officer, with responsibility for Foulshaw Moss. Let me introduce myself - my name is Simon Thomas. I've lived in the area for 25 years and…

As excitement mounts ahead of their return, there are a couple of questions that we often get asked about our lovely osprey – where are they now and how do we know they’ll be back?

Christmas has nothing on the levels of excitement building towards April when we hope to see our osprey back at Foulshaw Moss. Last year we had a fantastically successful year with 3 chicks…

How exciting! We’ve had a marsh harrier sighting, which was spotted at Foulshaw Moss nature reserve this week (15 February) by David, our Conservation Manager here at Cumbria Wildlife Trust.

Well it had to happen. The only images coming back from Foulshaw Moss osprey cam now are that of an empty nest. Yes all our chicks had successfully fledged by mid-day on 24th July

Big day as we get close to the chicks to fit leg rings

We are now receiving several images a day from the osprey nest camera at Foulshaw Moss

We have a breakthrough with our camera issues!

It has been a frustrating week or so at Foulshaw. Lots to do, that simply hasn’t lent time to update the blog as much as I would wish. I am pleased to note however, that we do have two osprey…