Osprey
Steve Backshall presents the story and sound of the osprey.
Tweet of the Day is a series of fascinating stories about our British birds inspired by their calls and songs.
Steve Backshall presents the osprey. Ospreys are fish-eaters and the sight of one of these majestic birds plunging feet first to catch its prey is a sight to cherish. The return of the ospreys is one of the great UK conservation stories. After extinction through egg-collecting and shooting in the 19th and early 20th centuries, birds returned in the 1950s and have responded well to protection.
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The Osprey
Read a blog by RSPB warden Richard Thaxton about how the osprey became a conservation icon
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Osprey
Duration: 01:30
Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
Broadcasts
- Mon 8 Jul 2013 05:58BBC Radio 4
- Sun 14 Jul 2013 08:58BBC Radio 4
- Mon 14 Jul 2014 05:58BBC Radio 4
- Thu 21 Apr 2016 05:58BBC Radio 4
- Thu 6 Apr 2017 05:58BBC Radio 4
- Mon 17 Sep 2018 05:58BBC Radio 4
- Thu 23 Jul 2020 05:58BBC Radio 4
- Mon 14 Sep 2020 05:58BBC Radio 4
- Thu 20 Apr 2023 05:58BBC Radio 4
- Wed 15 Nov 2023 05:58BBC Radio 4
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