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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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Wed 15 Nov 2023 05:58
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  • Read a blog by RSPB warden Richard Thaxton about how the osprey became a conservation icon

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Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)

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  • Mon 8 Jul 2013 05:58
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  • Sun 14 Jul 2013 08:58
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  • Mon 14 Jul 2014 05:58
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  • Thu 21 Apr 2016 05:58
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  • Thu 6 Apr 2017 05:58
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  • Mon 17 Sep 2018 05:58
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  • Thu 23 Jul 2020 05:58
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  • Mon 14 Sep 2020 05:58
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  • Thu 20 Apr 2023 05:58
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  • Wed 15 Nov 2023 05:58
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