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Cumbrian osprey chick Blue V8 spotted in The Gambia on the West African coast

A Cumbrian osprey has been spotted on the West African coast. The four-year-old Osprey, tagged as Blue V8, was one of two chicks that fledged from Cumbria Wildlife Trust s Foulshaw Moss nature reserve in 2016. Some 4,000 miles from where it hatched, the male bird of prey was seen at Tanji Bird Reserve in The Gambia by bird guide Fansu Bojang, who regularly guides British birdwatchers in search of UK colour-ringed ospreys. Paul Waterhouse, reserves officer at Cumbria Wildlife Trust, said: “This is very exciting news indeed and we are very grateful to Fansu for letting us know about it. We know that the osprey chicks which hatch in Cumbria face a long and arduous migration to West Africa when they are about five months old, and sadly as many as 60 to 70 per cent don’t survive this first journey.

Cumbrian osprey spotted in The Gambia

Cumbrian osprey spotted in The Gambia A four-year-old osprey has been spotted some 4,000 miles away from where it hatched at a south Lakes nature reserve. The male bird of prey, which hatched at Foulshaw Moss Nature Reserve near Witherslack, Kendal, was spotted last week at Tanji Bird Reserve in The Gambia  by Fansu Bojang, a bird guide. The bird, known as Blue V8 because of his tag, is one of two chicks that successfully fledged from Cumbria Wildlife Trust’s nature reserve in 2016. Paul Waterhouse, reserves officer at Cumbria Wildlife Trust said: “This is very exciting news indeed and we are very grateful to Fansu for letting us know about it.

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