00:00Conservation groups in Kielder Forest say hopes are high for a record number of osprey
00:06chicks this year. Eight monitored nests are currently occupied, with about 20 eggs believed
00:11to have been laid across the Northumberland site. The eggs are expected to hatch within
00:17days, although experts say predators and poor weather could still affect survival rates.
00:23Last year, only six chicks eventually fledged. Ospreys became extinct as breeding birds in
00:29Britain during the 20th century before returning in the 1950s. Forestry England, the Woodland
00:36Trust and Northumbrian Water are amongst organisations helping monitor and protect the birds at the
00:42Forest Reserve each season.
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