From their return to the British Isles at Loch Garten on Speyside in the mid fifties to have finally spread to South Wales in 2024 the Osprey is a remarkable success story. In fact they had come back here last year to perhaps look for a breeding territory but this year they had built a nest and there was hope that they would breed.
The site that they had chosen was a tree on farmland in a place called Tal-y-Bont on Usk, so me and my good mate Steve Bool went down there to see them.
The viewing point is at the side of a canal looking over the farmland and although you can just about see them through binoculars you do need a telescope. Luckily Steve is an ace digiscoper and he got an image and a couple of short videos of one of the birds.
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| part of the canal near the viewing point |
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| osprey at tal-y-bont |
You can see how far away they were by the picture and footage but it was great to just see them.
Tal-y-Bont on Usk hosts a Summer festival called The Green Man which was going to be situated on the farmland that the birds had chosen as a nest site. Now because of the Ospreys they've called it off to leave the birds in peace.
The Ospreys failed to raise any young this year for whatever reason but hopes are high that they will return next Spring and be successful.
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