A HEARTBREAKING photograph has been shared of Llyn Brenig’s ospreys looking at where their nest should be.
The nesting pair of the rare and highly protected birds of prey had just laid their first egg on the same day.
Police, the North Wales Wildlife Trust and renowned naturalists expressed their disgust at the incident, as well as hundreds of members of the public.
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And on Sunday, the North Wales Wildlife Trust released a photograph of the two ospreys seen perched above their former nesting site on Sunday morning – looking down on it.
So sad….we are working very hard with a number of lines of enquiry to try and catch the offender(s) https://t.co/hXMfKVVuWX
– NWP Rural Crime Team / NWP Rural Crime Team (@NWPRuralCrime) May 2, 2021
North Wales Police’s Rural Crime team believes the felling of the nest was by someone with motive – not wanting the ospreys at that particular site, rather than a sensless act of vandalism.
Anyone with information about this incident is urged to contact police on 101 quoting reference number 2059734.
