Proving once again how quickly ten years can pass, a new book has been published charting the success achieved during that period by the Rutland Osprey Project. Tim Mackrill, Tim Appleton and Helen McIntyre have between them been leading the project for those ten years, and with outstanding results, for their work has seen a rise in the number of migrating ospreys nesting at Rutland Water Nature Reserve during the summer months. They are now officially launching The Rutland Water Ospreys, a book following the progress of the project over the years.
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| The new book will cover the Rutland Osprey Project |
Senior reserve officer Mr Mackrill, 31, has been heavily involved working to bring ospreys to Rutland, and said “We had got to the point where a lot had happened. We knew the project had worked and it had created a legacy further than Rutland, so we thought we had enough to write a book. It was all so fresh in my mind so it all came out easily. The launch will be an opportunity to promote the book but also to talk about the project generally.”
Mr Mackrill added: “It gives the book a whole extra dimension. The book should be very readable to everyone whether they are interested in wildlife or not.”
The book is much enhanced by the photography and illustration of John Wright, a field officer with the project, which beautifully complements the words of the three authors that tell the story. The hardback version is on sale for £25 at www.ospreys.org.uk.
The launch will also celebrate the return of the first osprey this year from its migration to Africa and back. The first bird returned to a nest in Manton Bay at the weekend, the arrival being the earliest that the reserve officers have ever seen.
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