OSPREYS IN CUMBRIA, LIVE WEBCAM
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- Location: Foulshaw Moss Nature Reserve, Cumbria, England
- Source: www.cumbriawildlifetrust.org.uk
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Live streaming osprey webcam in Cumbria, England. The osprey nest shown is located at the Foulshaw Moss Nature Reserve near Witherslack.
Visitors to Foulshaw moss are able to enjoy watching the ospreys from a viewing platform.
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Ospreys migrate to West Africa during winter; satellite tracking has shown them flying up to 430 km in just one day. It takes them about 20 flying days to complete the journey, but, in autumn, birds stop off to refuel at lakes and reservoirs.
Foulshaw Moss Nature Reserve is a lowland raised bog and was purchased by Cumbria Wildlife Trust in 1998. Areas like this are one of Western Europe’s rarest and most threatened habitats and are extremely important to a whole range of wildlife.
In spring, the ospreys arrive along with green hairstreak butterflies, tree pipits, stonechats, warblers and cuckoos. As well as the breeding ospreys, other summer sights are huge numbers of dragonflies, including the rare white faced darter dragonfly, large heath butterflies, lizards and adders. Autumn sees the heather flowering purple, migrating birds include ospreys passing through in September and red deer rutting. In winter both marsh harrier and hen harrier visit the site, along with large numbers of snipe and teal.
Water-loving sphagnum mosses, carnivorous sundews, cranberry and bog-rosemary are just some of the plants that thrive at Foulshaw Moss Nature Reserve. The plants create a living carpet of colour that is interspersed with the soft white heads of cottongrass in early summer.
The mossy hummocks and pools at the Reserve, provide essential nesting and feeding grounds for wetland birds whilst birds of prey take advantage of the abundance of food.
Cumbria Wildlife Trust is part of a partnership of 46 local Wildlife Trusts across the UK. With more than 800,000 members and 2,300 nature reserves, they are the largest UK voluntary organisation dedicated to conserving the full range of the UK’s habitats and species.
Additional information:
Osprey Facts - rspb.org.uk
Bird Facts Osprey - bto.org
Animal Diversity Web - Osprey - animaldiversity.org
Lake District National Park - Osprey Watch - lakedistrict.gov.uk