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Rachel Smith
Digital Audience and Content Editor
Forestry England ornithologist Martin Davison rings 38 day old osprey chick Elsin in Kielder Water and Forest Park. Elsin is one of the first to be born to a father who himself hatched in the 155,000 acre Northumbrian beauty spot since the once extinct
A new family tree has taken root in Kielder after a second generation of osprey chicks were born in the area.
For the first time in at least 200 years chicks have been born to osprey fathers who themselves fledged in Northumberland.
The 'multi-generational' milestone comes 12 years after the iconic bird - extinct in England during the 20th century – first bred again in 62,000-hectare (155,000-acre) Kielder Water and Forest Park.